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.

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: A laminate film has a clear layer (B) comprising an acrylic-based polymer (B1) having at least one longer unsaturated double bond group and at least one shorter unsaturated double bond group as side chains, and having a weight-average molecular weight not less than 50,000 but not more than 500,000, the longer unsaturated double bond group introduced in the acrylic-based polymer (B1) by a long-chain unsaturated carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 150 or more, and the shorter unsaturated double bond group introduced in the acrylic-based polymer (B1) by a short-chain unsaturated carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of less than 150. Compared with laminate films prepared by spray coating, dip coating, or other coating methods, this laminate film is excellent in processability, coating film properties, and ornamental properties. Thus, an article can be excellently decorated with the laminate film provided by the present invention.

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: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate which includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity and a pair of second semiconductor layers disposed on the first semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other to form a trench therebetween, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first impurity-diffused region of the first conductivity extending from a lower surface toward an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a second impurity-diffused region of a second conductivity which extends from the lower surface toward the upper surface and is adjacent to the first impurity-diffused region, an insulating layer covering a sidewall of the trench, and a cap layer which is in contact with the semiconductor substrate and covers an opening of the trench to form an enclosed space in the trench, a material of the cap layer being almost the same as that of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus and method involving a computer 41 that has a height position counter 44 that produces height position signals for a capillary 5 by processing signals from a position sensor 29 that detects the position of the bonding arm 20 in the vertical direction. This computer 41 includes a memory 60, which stores the detected position of the capillary 5 at the time that secondary bonding is performed on a bump that is formed in a normal manner on the second conductor, and a comparator circuit 61, which outputs a “bump not-adhered” signal in cases where the output value of the height position counter 44 is outside the permissible error range of the detected position that is stored in the memory 60.

Abstract: The shell main body for a muffler includes an inner shell in a cylindrical shape with a cross-section of an imperfect circle defined by small arc portions alternating with large arc portions; and an outer shell wrapping the inner shell and formed in a cylindrical shape similar to the inner shell. An end portion of the inner shell and an end portion of the outer shell are overlapped in a circumstantial direction of the shell main body to form a shell overlap portion that is capable of discharging vapor in a gap of the large arc portions formed between the inner shell and the outer shell into one of an outside and an inside of the shell main body. This shell overlapping portion is located in one of the small arc portions.

Abstract: A dictionary server includes a retrieval-display processing unit. Upon receipt of a request for retrieval of semantic information related to a term from a client PC, the retrieval-display processing unit acquires the semantic information, header information, and link information related to the semantic information from knowledge reference data, dictionary content data, and dictionary data. Based on the acquired information, the retrieval-display processing unit causes the client PC to display items on webpage related to the semantic information, the header information, and the link information.

Abstract: Biological data obtained through observation devices and job titles are recorded on a data recording device in association with time data that are generated at regular intervals. A data processing computer produces a graph from the data read out from the data recording device. The observation devices, the data recording device and the data processing computer are connected to a network, so that a required graph may be produced by processing data at a place remote from the observatory.

Abstract: There is provided a button-operated lock device capable of increasing a setting amount of information in response to operation of a control button, obtaining a large setting amount and a wide-range of selection thereof, enhancing safety performance, simplifying the structure and achieving a small size and a light-weight, thereby achieving a low manufacturing cost, executing such various operations as setting or inputting information and altering thereof correctly, safely, easily and rationally, and preventing decoding or perceiving of preset or inputted information so that any third party is prevented from making a falsification and/or conversion of this device.

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: 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 tow 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 cylindrical shell main body constituting a muffler main body is formed of two layers of an inner shell and an outer shell and has a cylindrical shape with a cross section that is not a perfect circle but is defined by alternated small arc portions and large arc portions similarly to an oval, or the like. The outer shell of the shell main body has, in each of their small arc portions, four radially projecting beads continuously extending in a circumferential direction along the small arc portions and being a predetermined distance apart from one another in an axial direction, thereby allowing an upper and lower gaps between the inner shell and the outer shell in the respective large arc portions of the shell main body to communicate with each other through passages formed by the beads.

Abstract: A work data collection method is provided. The method includes photographing through a video camera a series of different jobs done by at least a worker, to record video signal of said jobs on a memory device of said video camera; inputting a break point signal in said video camera at each break point between said jobs, to record said break point signal on said memory device of said video camera along with said video signal; and displaying a list of titles of said jobs along with a clock.

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

Abstract: A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for inflammatory respiratory tract diseases containing, as an active ingredient, a steroid derivative represented by the following formula (1): (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or —OCOR1 (wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom or a cycloalkyl group; a cycloalkyl group; or an aryl group)). These compounds can continuously suppress respiratory tract inflammation and respiratory tract hyperreaction and show a high site selectivity and little systemic effect when administered directly to the respiratory tract. By virtue of these characteristics, these compounds are remarkably useful in clinical medicine as highly safe preventive and/or therapeutic agents for inflammatory respiratory tract diseases which can be administered for a long period of time.

Abstract: An eccentric optical system forming an optical path where an incident light beam is internally reflected three times to fold the optical path, and then emitted from a transmission surface and imaged on an image surface, and an optical path where the incident light beam is internally reflected two times to fold the optical path, and then emitted from a branching surface and imaged on an image surface. At least two surfaces of the optical operating surfaces are rotationally asymmetric surfaces.

Abstract: A heat receiving jacket in a liquid cooling device for electronic equipment, for transferring a heat from a heating portion in the electronic equipment to liquid refrigerant, is composed of a fin piece having a base portion formed thereon with thin fins which rise up from one surface of the base portion, being curved, and a casing accommodating therein the fin piece in its center part so as to cause the liquid refrigerant to flow between the thin fins. Further, the cooling device includes a plurality of heat receiving jackets and a plurality of heat radiating portions which are alternately connected so as to constitute a passage for the liquid refrigerant, a part of the passage being connected with a circulation pump so as to constitute a closed circulation passage for the liquid refrigerant. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a liquid cooling device capable of decreasing the temperature rise of a heating element such as a CPU, having a high performance and being excellent in costs.

Abstract: A deflection angle detecting device includes a light source, a path switching plane switching the optical path of part of light radiated from the light source, a detecting reflection surface placed on the optical path switched by the path switching plane and provided to the light-deflecting element, and a photodetector receiving light reflected by the detecting reflection surface to detect the deflection angle of the light-deflecting element in accordance with the position where the light is received. In this case, a transmission surface with positive power is interposed between the detecting reflection surface and the photodetector.