Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus includes a decompressable process container; a supply port configured to supply, to the process container, an ionic liquid that absorbs an oxidizing gas; and a discharge port configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the process container. A recess is provided at a joint portion between members constituting the process container. The supply port is configured to supply the ionic liquid to the recess, and the discharge port is configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the recess.

Abstract: Frying is performed in two stages so as to dip a retainer in frying oil at a prescribed dipping ratio and then to dip the whole of the retainer in the frying oil, and in addition, flow rates of the frying oil supplied from an upstream side and a downstream side of a frying oil tank and a surface level of the frying oil are controlled. Therefore, a noodle lump can be prevented from peeling off and floating from the bottom of the retainer before fixing the shape of the noodle lump due to a pressure applied by the frying oil so as not to impair the shape of the noodle lump, and as a result, frying efficiency or production efficiency can be improved. Besides, a noodle lump that has a very small number of coarse or dense portions in a distribution of noodle strings can be stably produced.

Abstract: Frying is performed in two stages so as to dip a retainer in frying oil at a prescribed dipping ratio and then to dip the whole of the retainer in the frying oil, and in addition, flow rates of the frying oil supplied from an upstream side and a downstream side of a frying oil tank and a surface level of the frying oil are controlled. Therefore, a noodle lump can be prevented from peeling off and floating from the bottom of the retainer before fixing the shape of the noodle lump due to a pressure applied by the frying oil so as not to impair the shape of the noodle lump, and as a result, frying efficiency or production efficiency can be improved. Besides, a noodle lump that has a very small number of coarse or dense portions in a distribution of noodle strings can be stably produced.

Abstract: An insert is provided, ensuring to vary the cutout angle of the cutting edge without replacing the body, and to prevent the change in the cutout angle of the cutting edge in the cutting process. The insert includes a constraining part, a through hole, and a blade. The blade includes a cutting edge for the cutting process. An outer surface of the constraining part around the central axis includes a pair of first constraining surfaces, and a pair of second constraining surfaces. The cutting edge in the state where the pair of first constraining surfaces are fixed becomes non-parallel to the cutting edge in the state where the constraining part is rotated around the central axis from the fixed state of the pair of first constraining surfaces to place the pair of second constraining surfaces on the same surface on which the pair of first constraining surfaces have been fixed.

Abstract: An insert is provided, ensuring to vary the cutout angle of the cutting edge without replacing the body, and to prevent the change in the cutout angle of the cutting edge in the cutting process. The insert includes a constraining part, a through hole, and a blade. The blade includes a cutting edge for the cutting process. An outer surface of the constraining part around the central axis includes a pair of first constraining surfaces, and a pair of second constraining surfaces. The cutting edge in the state where the pair of first constraining surfaces are fixed becomes non-parallel to the cutting edge in the state where the constraining part is rotated around the central axis from the fixed state of the pair of first constraining surfaces to place the pair of second constraining surfaces on the same surface on which the pair of first constraining surfaces have been fixed.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention relates to instant fried noodles having a small number of coarse or dense portions and homogeneously fried. [Solution] In the present invention, frying is performed in two stages so as to dip a retainer in frying oil at a prescribed dipping ratio and then to dip the whole of the retainer in the frying oil, and in addition, flow rates of the frying oil supplied from an upstream side and a downstream side of a frying oil tank and a surface level of the frying oil are controlled. Therefore, a noodle lump can be prevented from peeling off and floating from the bottom of the retainer before fixing the shape of the noodle lump due to a pressure applied by the frying oil so as not to impair the shape of the noodle lump, and as a result, frying efficiency or production efficiency can be improved. Besides, a noodle lump that has a very small number of coarse or dense portions in a distribution of noodle strings can be stably produced.

Abstract: A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance.

Abstract: The invention provides an agent for treating depression, which contains N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating depression, which contains an effective amount of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and a carrier acceptable as a medicament.

Abstract: The invention provides an agent containing N-acetyl-D-mannosamine for protecting a glucose-sensitive cell from glucose toxicity due to high glucose concentration; a pharmaceutical composition for protecting a glucose-sensitive cell from glucose toxicity due to high glucose concentration, containing an effective amount of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; use of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine in producing a medicament for protecting a glucose-sensitive cell from glucose toxicity due to high glucose concentration; and a method of protecting a glucose-sensitive cell from glucose toxicity due to high glucose concentration, including administering an effective amount of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine to a subject in need thereof. The glucose-sensitive cell is selected from the group consisting of a nerve cell, a renal cell and a vascular endothelial cell.

Abstract: The invention provides an agent for treating depression, which contains N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating depression, which contains an effective amount of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and a carrier acceptable as a medicament.

Abstract: A coordinate input device includes: a coordinate input unit having a plurality of first detection electrodes and a plurality of second detection electrodes; an electrode drive circuit that applies a drive signal to one or more of the detection electrodes; a detection circuit that detects a signal of the first and/or second detection electrode; a selection circuit for selecting one or more of the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is not applied from among the detection electrodes which are disposed in parallel to the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is applied, as a reference electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal of the selected reference electrode; an input coordinate computing circuit for correcting a detection result of the detection circuit on the basis of the detected capacitance of the reference electrode and for calculating an input coordinate from the corrected detection result.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an orexin neuron by culturing a pluripotent stem cell or a neural progenitor cell in the presence of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and optionally in the presence of at least one inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a Sirtuin 1 inhibitor and an O-linked ?-N-acetylglucosamine transferase inhibitor. The invention also provides a therapeutic agent for narcolepsy or eating disorders, such as anorexia, containing N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, which is based on the induction of orexin neuron in vivo.

Abstract: A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance.

Abstract: A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance.

Abstract: A coordinate input device includes: a coordinate input unit having a plurality of first detection electrodes and a plurality of second detection electrodes; an electrode drive circuit that applies a drive signal to one or more of the detection electrodes; a detection circuit that detects a signal of the first and/or second detection electrode; a selection circuit for selecting one or more of the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is not applied from among the detection electrodes which are disposed in parallel to the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is applied, as a reference electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal of the selected reference electrode; an input coordinate computing circuit for correcting a detection result of the detection circuit on the basis of the detected capacitance of the reference electrode and for calculating an input coordinate from the corrected detection result.

Abstract: A coordinate input device includes: a coordinate input unit having a plurality of first detection electrodes and a plurality of second detection electrodes; an electrode drive circuit that applies a drive signal to one or more of the detection electrodes; a detection circuit that detects a signal of the first and/or second detection electrode; a selection circuit for selecting one or more of the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is not applied from among the detection electrodes which are disposed in parallel to the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is applied, as a reference electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal of the selected reference electrode; an input coordinate computing circuit for correcting a detection result of the detection circuit on the basis of the detected capacitance of the reference electrode and for calculating an input coordinate from the corrected detection result.

Abstract: Provided is a touch-panel device capable of detecting a touched position with high accuracy even when a touched area extends off an electrode area. In one embodiment, the touched area is assumed to be, for example, circular in shape. A width in an X direction (overlap width) and a width in a Y direction (overlap width) of an overlap area where the touched area in a circular shape and an electrode area overlap each other is determined based on sensor measured values. When the overlap width and the overlap width are different from each other, it is judged that the touched area extends off the electrode area, and a position of a center of the touched area in the circular shape is calculated as the touched position.