Abstract: A crosslinking reaction and a reaction for reducing molecular weight that take place in a hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate upon irradiation with light are suppressed to improve the photostability of the conjugate. Specifically, a substance having a quenching effect and/or a radical scaveng effect is added to a pharmaceutical composition containing the hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate.

Abstract: Each unit cell of a water electrolysis apparatus includes a pair of an anode separator and a cathode separator and a membrane electrode assembly interposed between the pair of separators. The anode separator has a first flow field to which water is supplied, and the cathode separator has a second flow field for producing high-pressure hydrogen through electrolysis of the water. A second seal groove for receiving a second seal member is disposed annularly around the second flow field. A pressure-releasing chamber is disposed outwardly of the second seal groove, is capable of communicating with the second seal groove and communicates with the outside through a depressurizing channel.

Abstract: A spectacles-type image display device provided with an image output unit that includes a display element for displaying images and a projection lens for magnifying and projecting the images and a reflection unit that is disposed adjacent to at least one of spectacle lenses and reflects the image light output from the image output unit toward the eyeball is provided. The reflection unit is a reflection member having no refractive power and an effective luminous flux that is output from the image output unit and reaches the eyeball is configured so that the width of the luminous flux perpendicular to an optical axis is minimum at the reflection unit with respect to the optical axis cross-section in at least one direction.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method which enables efficient removal of impurities such as the host proteins from an influenza virus culture liquid by a simple operation, allowing separation and purification of an influenza virus antigen. The method of the present invention for producing a purified influenza virus antigen comprises the step of treating a sample containing an influenza virus with a surfactant, the step of bringing the sample after the treatment into contact with hydroxyapatite in the presence of the surfactant, and the step of recovering a hydroxyapatite-non-adsorbed fraction.

Abstract: This present invention provides a percutaneous absorption type pharmaceutical preparation which includes 4-(2-methyl-1-imidazolyl)-2,2-diphenylbutylamide as the active ingredient and a backbone for transdermal system, and satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) and (2). The pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention enables absorption of 4-(2-methyl-1-imidazolyl)-2,2-diphenylbutylamide, which has a low ability to be absorbed from the skin, from the skin into the body continuously and efficiently. (1) The active ingredient content in one preparation or one time administration preparation is from about 0.1 mg to about 10 mg, (2) the size is from about 1 cm2 to about 300 cm2.

Abstract: A spectacles-type image display device provided with an image output unit that includes a display element for displaying images and a projection lens for magnifying and projecting the images and a reflection unit that is disposed adjacent to at least one of spectacle lenses and reflects the image light output from the image output unit toward the eyeball is provided. The reflection unit is a reflection member having no refractive power and an effective luminous flux that is output from the image output unit and reaches the eyeball is configured so that the width of the luminous flux perpendicular to an optical axis is minimum at the reflection unit with respect to the optical axis cross-section in at least one direction.

Abstract: A spectacles-type image display device having an image output unit that includes a display element that displays images and is disposed on a spectacle frame and a reflection unit that is disposed adjacent to at least one of spectacle lenses and reflects the image light that is output from the image output unit toward the eyeball so that the viewer can see a virtual image of the image is provided. The reflection unit is a reflection member having a positive refractive power and an effective luminous flux that is output from the image output unit and reaches the eyeball of the viewer is configured so that the width of the luminous flux perpendicular to an optical axis is minimum at the reflection unit with respect to the optical axis cross-section parallel to an incident surface of the optical axis relative to the reflection unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a projector apparatus incorporating a prism optical system of positive refracting power working for size reductions, which apparatus comprises a display device 1, a prism optical system 3 that has positive refracting power and is adapted to enlarge and project an image on the display device, and a stop 4 located on a projection side thereof. The prism optical system 3 comprises an internal reflecting surface 12 concave on the image display plane 2 side, a combined optical surface 11 to transmit a light beam from the image display plane 2 and reflect a light beam reflected off at the internal reflecting surface 12, and an exit surface 13 through which a light beam entering the prism optical system 3 leaves. A light beam coming out of the image display plane 2 enters the prism optical system 3 from the combined optical surface 11, is then reflected off at the internal reflecting surface 12, and then leaves the exit surface 13, arriving at an image 5 to be projected through the stop 5.

Abstract: Assistance for document creation in a computer system which allows at least one agent to be registered therein is provided. The computer system causes the at least one agent to monitor input by a user during the document creation, acquire information on the input obtained by the monitoring, retrieve at least one content from multiple contents accumulated in a storage unit based on the acquired information, and transmit the retrieved at least one content to a display unit to display the retrieved content on a screen.

Abstract: A camera unit having an imaging optical unit having a plurality of free-curved surface prisms for forming subject images; a single imaging device for photoelectrically-converting the subject images from a plurality of directions formed by the imaging optical unit; a signal processing unit for processing the photoelectrically-converted signals from the imaging device and outputting image signals; a communication unit for performing communication with an external unit; and a control unit for controlling operation of the imaging device and the signal processing unit and transmitting the image signals output from the signal processing unit from the communication unit to the external unit, and a camera system using the camera unit.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an opening/closing member of vehicle includes a driving member for moving an opening/closing member for a vehicle, speed detecting means for detecting a drive speed of the driving member and control means for calculating a current speed difference between the drive speed of the driving member and a target drive speed, for calculating a current change amount between the calculated current speed difference and a previous speed difference calculated a predetermined time before, for calculating a current deviation by integrating the current change amount and for detecting an entrapment of an object by comparing the calculated deviation to a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate useful as a therapeutic drug for joint disorders. There is provided a hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate useful for the treatment of joint disorders, wherein methotrexate is conjugated with a hydroxy group of hyaluronic acid through a linker containing a peptide chain consisting of 1 to 8 amino acids, and the linker is conjugated with the hyaluronic acid through a carbamate group.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new composition containing the effective concentration of an aqueous extract of red vine leaves (1) and an anti-inflammatory agent (2) for preventing or alleviating the discomfort associated with mild-to-moderate chronic venous insufficiency of the legs. The compositions according to this invention may also contain pharmaceutically or cosmically acceptable additives.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous composition for recording medium in a form of aqueous dispersion solution comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) having an average saponification degree of 80-89 mol % and an average polymerization degree of 1700-3500, and containing a polyvinyl alcohol having 1,2-diol structural unit on a side chain thereof, represented by a general formula (1); an inorganic microparticle (B); and a boron compound (C). The aqueous composition of the present invention is not likely to become gel and therefore exhibit excellent preservation stability. Furthermore, the aqueous composition provides a recording layer serving as an ink receiving layer/glossy layer satisfied with gloss, ink absorbency, and water resistance. Accordingly, the present invention may also provide an ink-jet recording medium satisfying surface gloss by forming a coating layer of the inventive aqueous composition on a substrate, even when the substrate has water resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a scanning image projector that facilitates making the whole optical system compact while making it easy to control an image being projected. The scanning image projector comprises a light source unit that gives out a light beam modulated on the basis of image information, a deflector that reflects the light beam for deflecting and scanning it in a two-dimensional direction, and a projecting optical system that projects a light beam reflected by the deflector toward a projection direction to form a two-dimensional image. The projecting optical system 6 comprises a plurality of reflecting surfaces 12, 13 tilted with respect to a chief ray of a light beam leading to the center of the projected image. At least one of the plurality of reflecting surfaces 13, 14 is a curved reflecting surface of concave shape at a position where the chief ray 21 of a light beam leading to the center of the projected image goes by.

Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus that is capable of taking images of objects in at least three directions on a single imaging device, has a wide imaging angle of view and can easily be made compact, and a vehicle incorporating it. The imaging apparatus comprises a single imaging device 30 and at least three imaging optical systems 101, 102 and 103 that are located in juxtaposition to form on an imaging plane of the imaging device 30 at least three images in varying imaging directions. Of the three imaging optical systems 101, 102 and 103, at least two 101 and 102 reflect axial chief rays from objects in the right-and-left direction intersecting the direction of juxtaposition, and each have a curved reflecting surface of concave shape.

Abstract: A parcel shelf structure in a rear area of a vehicle body includes a parcel shelf disposed between first and second rear cross members. The parcel shelf has in the center thereof a speaker installation section comprised of a bottom part that accommodates a step formed in a downwardly concave manner from a surface of a frame unit of the parcel shelf. The speaker installation section is formed by a peripheral wall that slopes downward from the surface of the frame unit toward the center of the speaker installation section, and the surface area of the speaker installation section is small.

Abstract: A glass substrate has a pair of main surfaces opposite to each other. Two island-shaped portions made of silicon are buried in the glass substrate. The two island-shaped portions are exposed from the two main surfaces of the glass substrate, respectively. An electrode is formed on one main surface of the glass substrate so as to be electrically connected to one exposed portion of one island-shaped portion, and another electrode is formed thereon so as to be electrically connected to one exposed portion of the other island-shaped portion. Still another electrode is formed on the other main surface of the glass substrate so as to be electrically connected to the other exposed portion of the one island-shaped portion. A silicon substrate having a pressure sensing diaphragm is bonded to the other main surface of the glass substrate.

Abstract: A hydrogen and power generation system includes a reforming device for producing a reformed gas from a reformable raw fuel, a combination fuel cell and ion pump operable selectively in a hydrogen generation mode and an electricity generation mode, a PSA mechanism for removing an unwanted component from the hydrogen produced by the combination fuel cell and ion pump, the PSA mechanism 18 having adsorption towers held in fluid communication with the cathode for receiving hydrogen from the combination fuel cell and ion pump, and a PSA off-gas passage having one end connected to an off-gas outlet of the PSA mechanism and another end connected to a reformed gas passage, which provides fluid communication between a reformed gas outlet of the reforming device and an anode inlet of the combination fuel cell and ion pump.

Abstract: A hydrogen and power generation system has a reforming device for producing a reformed gas from a reformable raw fuel, a combination fuel cell and ion pump operable selectively in a hydrogen generation mode and an electricity generation mode, an anode off-gas passage for supplying an anode off-gas discharged from an anode of the combination fuel cell and ion pump to a catalytic combustor, a cathode off-gas passage for discharging a cathode off-gas from a cathode of the combination fuel cell and ion pump, a cathode purge passage, which branches from the cathode off-gas passage and is connected to the anode off-gas passage, and a valve mechanism connected to the cathode purge passage.