Abstract: An oscillation arm moves in a seesaw fashion about an oscillation axis which is supported by a support rod and which serves as a fulcrum. A rotation arm and a pressurizer are provided on one end of the oscillation arm. One end of the rotation arm is rotatably attached to the oscillation arm, and a load weight is placed on the other end of the rotation arm. By rotating the rotation arm, the magnitude of a force to be applied by the load weight to the pressurizer is adjusted. More specifically, by displacing the load weight to a predetermined position by rotation and then causing the load weight to stop at this position, a static load corresponding to the rotation angle can be applied to the pressurizer. Further, by causing the load weight to perform rotational motion, the magnitude of the force to be applied to the pressurizer is periodically varied, so that a load which varies periodically can be applied to hard tissue.

Abstract: The compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein, a fused ring AB represents a 5- to 10-membered fused heterocyclic ring; R1 represents (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) a halogen atom, (3) a cyano group, (4) an oxo group, (5) an optionally protected hydroxyl group, (6) an optionally protected carboxyl group, (7) an optionally protected amino group, (8) a cyclic group which may have a substituent (s), (9) an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent (s), or (10) an optionally protected thiol group; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 8; provided that n represents an integer of not less than 2, plural R1 are the same or different; a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof has a kinase (especially c-Jun N-terminal kinase) inhibitory activity and an inhibitory activity of a function of AP-1 as a transcription factor, it is useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a for example, a diabetes of metabolic disease, etc., a rheumatoid arthritis of inflammatory, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: A tomographic image reading method for extracting a comparison image corresponding to a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image being one of first tomographic images, the comparison image being one of second tomographic images, the method including the steps of: inputting the first images and the second images; generating a first projection image from the first images and a second projection image from the second images; measuring shift amount between the first projection image and the second projection image by using a template; correcting the slice position according to the shift amount; and displaying the diagnostic image and the comparison image to a monitor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: 1

Abstract: A therapeutic and/or prophylactic drug for osteoarthritis, comprising a derivative of hydroxamic acid, which is represented by the formula (I) 1

Abstract: To reliably execute handover processing when a wireless mobile device speedily moves toward another cell zone and to mitigate the load of a base station control apparatus's executing handover processing when the wireless mobile station slowly moves.

Abstract: A grinding wheel which is to be rotated about its axis for grinding a workpiece, including: (a) a base disk; and (b) a plurality of abrasive segment chips which are fixed to the base disk such that the abrasive segment chips are arranged on a circle having a center at an axis of the base disk, and which have respective circumferential lengths as measured in a circumferential direction of the base circle, wherein the plurality of abrasive segment chips includes at least two abrasive segment chips having the respective circumferential lengths which are different from each other, and wherein the abrasive segment chips are arranged with substantially no gap between each pair of the abrasive segment chips which are contiguous to each other in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A treatment and/or prevention agent for osteoarthritis comprising N-hydroxy-5-ethoxymethyloxy-2(S)-methyl-4(S)-(4-phenoxybenzoyl)amino pentanamide having an inhibitory activity of matrix metalloproteinases, or a non-toxic salt thereof as active ingredient.

Abstract: A grinding wheel which is to be rotated about its axis for grinding a workpiece, including: (a) a base disk; and (b) a plurality of abrasive segment chips which are fixed to the base disk such that the abrasive segment chips are arranged on a circle having a center at an axis of the base disk, and which have respective circumferential lengths as measured in a circumferential direction of the base circle, wherein the plurality of abrasive segment chips includes at least two abrasive segment chips having the respective circumferential lengths which are different from each other, and wherein the abrasive segment chips are arranged with substantially no gap between each pair of the abrasive segment chips which are contiguous to each other in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information providing method which bilaterally enables users and information providers to provide desired information more efficiently.

Abstract: The novel amidino derivatives of the formula (I): wherein all the symbols are as in specification defined; have an inhibitory activity of a blood coagulation factor VIIa and are useful for treatment and/or prevention of several angiopathy caused by enhancing a coagulation activity, such as disseminated intravascular coagulation, coronary thrombosis, cerebral infarction, cerebral embolism, transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular disorders, pulmonary vascular diseases, deep venous thrombosis, peripheral arterial obstruction, thrombosis after artificial vascular transplantation and artificial valve transplantation, post-operative thrombosis, reobstruction and restenosis after coronary artery bypass operation, reobstruction and restenosis after PTCA or PTCR, thrombosis by extracorporeal circulation and procoagulative diseases such as glomerlonephriitis.

Abstract: To obtain a washing machine capable of sanitarily effecting washing with fresh water at all times and reducing a washing time and a drying time. Tap water supplied from a water feed pipe in association with sensing means is pressurized to predetermined pressure by a pressurizing pump, supplied to water injection nozzle pipes and injected into a washing space through water injection nozzles. The user inserts tableware held by hands between the nozzles, energising the sensor mechanism. A high speed water flow injected from the nozzles collides against the tableware and washes the tableware by removing stubborn dirt from the tableware. On the other hand, an air flow from a blower passes though the air nozzle pipes and is discharged from the air nozzles to remove the drops of water attached to the tableware by forced air action.

Abstract: A label supplying apparatus for quickly supplying the labels such as the certificate labels to the mouths of the bags filled with the livestock feed and the like. A label stored in a label magazine is attracted under suction by a suction cup, and removed from the label magazine. The removed label is guided to drop into a label receiver, from which the label is delivered by mating scrum belts to a position where it is applied to the mouth of a bag that has been conveyed by a first guide-and-feed mechanism composed of a pair of V-belts. The mouth of the bag and the label are then conveyed by a second guide-and-feed mechanism composed of a pair of V-belts to a sewing machine, which then stitches the mouth of the bag and the label to each other.

Abstract: An immersion-type temperature measuring apparatus using a thermocouple for measuring temperature of a melt, which comprises: a replaceable cartridge-type temperature sensor (11) for detecting a thermoelectromotive force corresponding to a temperature of a melt, the temperature sensor (11) comprising a thermocouple (13), a protecting tube (12) for protecting the thermocouple (13) from the melt, and a connector (16); a holder for releasably supporting the temperature sensor (11); a measuring instrument (28) for processing the thermoelectromotive force to determine the temperature of the melt; and an extension lead wire (25) for connecting the temperature sensor (11) with the measuring instrument (28). At least part of the above-mentioned protecting tube (12) is formed of a molybdenum-zirconia refractory consisting essentially of from 20 to 95 wt. % molybdenum and from 5 to 80 wt. % zirconia.

Abstract: A grinding wheel for grinding a workpiece, including a core portion connected to a drive shaft, and an abrasive portion fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the core portion for grinding the workpiece. The grinding wheel further includes at least one balancing member which is movable in a circumferential direction of the wheel, a driver device for moving the balancing member(s) in the circumferential direction so as to change an angular position of each balancing member, a signal receiving device for receiving a control signal for balancing the wheel, and a driver control circuit for operating the driver device for moving the balancing member(s) so as to balance the wheel, according to the control signal received by the signal receiving device. The above-indicated at least one balancing member, driver device, signal receiving device and driver control circuit are all disposed within the core portion of the wheel.

Abstract: An industrial measuring apparatus comprises first and second sensors having identical measuring characteristics and arranged close to each other and also close to a common subject of measurement, for measuring the same parameter, a transmitting unit having an adder and a first subtracter respectively connected the sensors through amplifiers, and a receiving unit having a second subtracter connected to the adder and the first subtracter through two transmission lines and constituting a noise canceling device in cooperation with the adder and the first subtracter. The second subtracter produces a receiving signal by subtracting the output of the subtracter representing the difference between the outputs of the first and second sensors from the output of the adder representing the sum of the outputs of the two sensors.