Abstract: An antenna apparatus for generating or detecting an electromagnetic wave, comprises a first active antenna including a first oscillator and a first antenna, a second active antenna including a second oscillator and a second antenna, a coupling wire configured to couple the first antenna and the second antenna, a first terminal configured to accept a signal for controlling a first oscillation frequency of the first oscillator before synchronization by the coupling wire, and a second terminal configured to accept a signal for controlling, independently of the first oscillation frequency, a second oscillation frequency of the second oscillator before synchronization by the coupling wire.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus comprises, on a semiconductor substrate, a first active antenna including a first antenna configured to transmit or receive a first electromagnetic wave of a first frequency, and a first negative-resistance element; an oscillation unit including a resonance unit and a second negative-resistance element configured to generate a second electromagnetic wave by oscillating at a second frequency; a coupling wire configured to electrically connect the first active antenna and the oscillation unit; a first wiring electrically connected to the first negative-resistance element and configured to receive a first bias signal to be supplied to the first negative-resistance element; and a second wiring electrically connected to the second negative-resistance element and configured to receive a second bias signal to be supplied to the second negative-resistance element.

Abstract: A vehicle body motion informing device includes a vehicular interior part that configures an interior surface of a vehicular compartment of a vehicle, a lighting device mounted on a vehicular exterior side of the vehicular interior part and exiting light to a vehicular compartment, a control unit that receives an information signal relating to the motion of the vehicle body and controls the lighting device to exit light according to the information to inform the vehicle occupant of the motion of the vehicle body, and a surface member having semi-transmissivity and disposed to cover at least a lighting portion included in the vehicular interior part and a surrounding portion of the vehicular interior part. The lighting portion overlaps the lighting device and the light from the lighting device passes through the lighting portion to the vehicular compartment and the surrounding portion is near the lighting portion.

Abstract: To provide a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent and a brown and beige adipocyte activating food, each containing D-allulose as an active ingredient. Provided are a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent containing D-allulose as an active ingredient; a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent containing at least D-allulose and having a UCP-1 expression promoting action; a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent which enhances UCP-1 expression and thereby activates brown and beige adipocytes; an energy consumption promoting agent containing D-allulose as an active ingredient; an energy consumption promoting agent which activates brown and beige adipocytes and thereby promotes energy consumption; a UCP-1 expression enhancing agent containing D-allulose as an active ingredient; and a composition or food composition containing these agents.

Abstract: A vehicle body motion informing device includes a vehicular interior part that configures an interior surface of a vehicular compartment of a vehicle, a lighting device mounted on a vehicular exterior side of the vehicular interior part and exiting light to a vehicular compartment, a control unit that receives an information signal relating to the motion of the vehicle body and controls the lighting device to exit light according to the information to inform the vehicle occupant of the motion of the vehicle body, and a surface member having semi-transmissivity and disposed to cover at least a lighting portion included in the vehicular interior part and a surrounding portion of the vehicular interior part. The lighting portion overlaps the lighting device and the light from the lighting device passes through the lighting portion to the vehicular compartment and the surrounding portion is near the lighting portion.

Abstract: A processed konjac food having blood glucose increase suppressing effect is provided. The processed konjac food having blood glucose increase suppressing effect contains a konjac having a pH in a range of 2.5 to 7.4 and a rare sugar as active ingredients, is intended for ingestion of the rare sugar at a daily dose of 0.3 to 50 g/day for suppressing blood glucose increase, and is shaped into a rectangular, thread, round, grain, or plate form. The blood glucose increase effect can last for at least one day after one-time ingestion. For example, by making a konjac containing a rare sugar into a processed food, the product can be adapted to any consumer preferences without impediment upon eating or drinking, and therefore, a long-term ingestion is facilitated and the blood glucose increase suppressing effect can be sustained for a long period.

Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.

Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.

Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.

Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.

Abstract: Although adjuvant, or additional, therapy after surgery (e.g., adjuvant, or additional, hormonal therapy after breast cancer surgery) is performed to prevent postoperative recurrence of malignant tumors such as breast cancer, the incidence of disease recurrence still remains even if a representative drug, tamoxifen, commonly used is given. Thus, if it is possible to predict whether malignant tumors are reliably curable with tamoxifen or whether therapeutic drugs other than tamoxifen should be selected or not against such malignant tumors, it will greatly assist in the therapeutic guideline for preventing postoperative recurrence. There is a possibility that menin regulates the ER transcription activity in breast cancer cells. The expression of menin is remarkably responsible for the efficacy of estrogen antagonists (e.g., tamoxifen) having an inhibitory activity on estrogen binding to the ER. Techniques utilizing the present findings are provided.