Abstract: An imaging device assembly for an electronic stereoscopic endoscope system comprises right and left solid state image pick-up modules set out side by side and right and left circuit boards with circuits formed thereon, respectively, that are connected to the right and left image pick-up modules, respectively. Each circuit board comprises a front section having a width approximately equal to a width of the solid state image pick-up module and a rear section broader than the front board section which is shaped to project laterally so as to overhang a rear section of the other circuit board and on which electronic parts incorporated in the circuit are mounted.

Abstract: An electronic stereoscopic imaging system having right and left image pick-up devices and right and left image data memories has a memory control module that is adapted to shift read start addresses of the right and left memories for horizontal pixel lines of right and left solid state image sensors to lower and higher addresses, respectively, according to object distances detected or visually determined so as thereby to vary a convergence angle of the right and left image pick-up devices with respect to the object according to the object distances apparently similar to a specified convergence angle suitable for natural stereoscopic vision.

Abstract: The present invention relates to drugs and foods produced by applying a method whereby a biological activity can be efficiently exerted in the case of orally administering a biologically active protein.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope includes an illumination guide and a pair of right and left image pickup devices each comprising an objective lens system and a solid state image sensor that are all incorporated in an elongated cylindrical rigid sheath and operates to produce right and left optical images of an object which are displayed on a monitor as a three-dimensional image and is provided with a mounting fixture which has a pair of mounting bores formed side by side therein for holding the right and left solid state image pickup device in the mounting bores, respectively, so as thereby to align the right and left solid state image pickup devices side by side in a diametrical direction of the sheath and is shaped so as to provide an arched space between the mounting fixture and the sheath for receiving the illumination guide therein when it is fitted in the sheath.

Abstract: It has been newly found out that ascochlorin, which is a publicly known fat-soluble antibiotic, and its homologues serve as a ligand of retinoid X receptor and react in vivo with the amino group of serum protein to form Schiff bases without showing any side effect of retinoid. Ascochlorin and its homologues are usable in treating and/or preventing a disease or condition which can be relieved by the retinoid X receptor ligand-dependent gene transcriptional regulation (for example, diseases caused by the expression of insulin resistance, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease, Ca metabolic disorder, complication of diabetes, arteriosclerosis, etc.). Moreover, they can inhibit denaturation and/or necrosis of pancreatic Langerhans islet &bgr;-cells and, therefore, are usable in making these cells to sustain the insulin productivity.

Abstract: In an operation of an address period for addressing cells of a display device, such as a plasma display panel, comprising a plurality of cells of three kinds, red (R), green (G), blue (B), which are arranged on a plane for forming a display surface thereof, in which each of said cells comprising: a pair of transparent electrodes provided in parallel to each other; an address electrode being positioned opposing the pair of transparent electrodes; luminescence medium provided on the address electrode; and a discharge space being defined between the pair of transparent electrodes and said fluorescence medium on the address electrode, wherein the address discharge is conducted by applying an address voltage to the address electrode, and the address voltage applied is determined depending upon the each kind of the cells, R, G and B.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical agent for improvement in pruritus cutaneus associated with renal failure and/or for the treatment of renal failure and/or its complications containing as an effective ingredient oligosaccharide or oligosaccharides such as, but not limited to fructo-oligosaccharide, galacto-oligosaccharide, isomalto-oligosaccharide, malto-oligosaccharide, lacto-sucrose and/or xylo-oligosaccharide, in particular, lactulose, rhamnose and lactitol.

Abstract: An oarlock of the invention is attached to a boat for supporting an oar. The oarlock is basically formed of an oar supporting member, a pivot part, and a bolt for assembling the oar supporting member and the pivot part. The oar supporting member is formed of one clamping plate which is shaped into a cylindrical oar holder part and a rectangular lower part with a rectangular opening at the bottom thereof. The pivot part is formed of a top portion with a through hole and a pin. When the oar supporting member and the pivot part are assembled, the bolt is inserted into through holes of the oar supporting member and a through hole of the pivot part. When the oar held in the oar supporting member is moved up or down, one of the side edges of the top portion hits a corresponding edge of the rectangular opening, so that the pivotal movement of the oar can be desirably restricted within a certain range.

Abstract: The protein lactoferrin can be used both for treating and/or preventing of portunistic infections frequently complicating Immunodeficiency Virus positive animals including human beings. The protein greatly improves the quality of life in such immunodeficiency virus infected animals. The dosage of the protein is usually 0.1-100 mg/kg daily, and preferably 0.5-50 mg/kg.

Abstract: A topical preparation containing cyclosporin as an active ingredient, is disclosed that contains (a) cyclosporin; (b) an organic solvent for dissolving the cyclosporin; (c) an ester of a fatty acid with a monovalent alcohol having a total number of carbon atoms of 8 or more and/or an alkanol amine, each being in liquid state at 25.degree.C; (d) an oily substance in solid state at 25.degree.C; and (e) a surfactant. The cyclosporin is present in a concentration ranging from appoximately 0.1% to 10% by weight and the ester and/or alkanol amine are/is present in a concentration ranging from approximately 1% to 15% by weight. The topical preparations are active against atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and allergic contact dermatitis.

Abstract: Lactoferrin can be used to increase the efficacy of beta-lactam antibiotics. There is a potentiating effect when lactoferrin is administered either simultaneous with or shortly before or after the administration of beta-lactam antibiotics. The dosage of lactoferrin administered is usually 0.5-100 mg/kg and preferably 1-10 mg/kg.

Abstract: In a display panel including a plurality of signals lines along a column direction and a plurality of scanning lines along a row direction for applying a display signal to display elements forming pixels arranged in a matrix form of rows and columns on a substrate, a switching arrangement for connecting at least two display elements to a signal line in each row is line-sequentially scanned by the scanning lines so that the display signal is time-serially applied through the same signal line to each of the at least two display elements connected to that signal line. Thereby, total number of the signal lines can be reduced to a value equal to or smaller than the number of display elements in the row direction.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus having an end section provided with an image forming optical system, a self-scanning type solid state image pickup device at which cyan and yellow color filters are positioned alternately to correspond to respective picture elements of the image pickup device, and a light guide. When green light is emitted from the light guide to an object, image signals corresponding to the green component of the object are picked up from all picture elements. When white light is emitted, cyan component image signals are picked up from the picture elements where the cyan filters are positioned, and yellow component signals form those where the yellow filters are positioned.

Abstract: A driving circuit uses an output transistor and a driving transformer with a secondary coil being connected to the base of the output transistor. In order to get a high speed switching circuit without thermal runaway, the storage period of the output transistor is detected. A signal supplied to a primary coil of the driving transformer, for example, a driving pulse, is controlled in response to the detected value of the storage period. By minimizing the value of the storage period, it becomes possible to minimize a fall time of the output transistor, so that a stability of the driving circuit can be maintained.

Abstract: A deflection yoke unit to be mounted on a cathode ray tube has a core on which a set of vertical deflection coils and a set of horizontal deflection coils are wound. A pincushion distortion correction device is provided for the deflection yoke unit. The correction device has a set of correction coils having a coil conductor mass quantity and an inductance which are smaller than those of the vertical deflection coil set and having a winding density distribution which is similar to that of the vertical deflection coil set. An upper and lower pincushion distortion correction current is passed through the correction coil set to correct upper and lower pincushion distortions in pictures displayed on a screen of the cathode ray tube. The core has, on its inner wall, slots in which windings of the horizontal deflection coil set, vertical deflection coil set and correction coil set for correction of the upper and lower pincushion picture distortions are received.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus having an end section provided with an image forming optical system, a self-scanning type solid state image pickup device at which cyan and yellow color filters are positioned alternately to correspond to respective picture elements of the image pickup device, and a light guide. When green light is emitted from the light guide to an object, image signals corresponding to the green component of the object are picked up from all picture elements. When white light is emitted, cyan component image signals are picked up from the picture elements where the cyan filters are positioned, and yellow component signals from those where the yellow filters are positioned.

Abstract: A drive circuit having a transformer with its secondary winding connected to the base of a transistor and its primary winding connected to a drive source by which the transistor is driven to switch, wherein a directional element is connected between a tap provided on the secondary winding and one end of the secondary winding so as to select the ratio between the forward base current and reverse base current of the transistor.

Abstract: A cascode amplifier comprises a grounded-emitter drive transistor which has a collector supplied with a bias current from a bias current source and operates in response to an input signal and a grounded-base (or grounded-gate) output transistor which has a collector supplied with a bias current from a constant voltage source, wherein the collector of the drive transistor is connected to the emitter (or source) of the output transistor. A constant current circuit is connected to the junction between the collector of the drive transistor and the emitter (or source) of the output transistor for supplying a part of the bias current applied to the drive transistor to thereby decrease the bias current of the output transistor while causing the drive transistor to be operated in the linear region. The cascode amplifier is thus imparted with a broad band frequency characteristic.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes a solid state imaging device having an array of photosensitive cells for producing a video signal associated with an image of an object formed on the array, a color filter having filter segments of cyan and yellow disposed alternately in two-dimensional in association with the array, an illuminating unit for illuminating an object alternately with a first ray including green and a second ray including at least magenta, and a display unit for visualizing the video signal as a color image of the object.