Abstract: Provided is a rope that can be used even by those not familiar with ropework and whose knots will not loosen or come apart. A rope with holes has at least three bonded parts obtained by bonding two cords together at fixed intervals, as well as two openings formed between adjacent bonded parts. The rope with holes can be easily tied with another rope by guiding the other rope through its openings and the knots will not loosen or come apart.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin in which the physical properties (especially liquid permeability) are improved and maintained even in large scale production. The method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, which sequentially includes a polymerization step, in which a monomer aqueous solution having acrylic acid (salt) as a main component is polymerized, a drying step, in which a water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer obtained in the polymerization step is dried, and a classification step, in which a polymer obtained in the drying step is classified, wherein a rocking-type sieve classification apparatus is used in the classification step, and the rocking-type sieve classification apparatus has a sieve net having a trajectory and a rotation speed in the following ranges; radial gradient R: from 5 to 40 mm, tangential gradient T: from 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides antituberculous therapeutic drugs with a higher potency. The present invention provides also antituberculous therapeutic drugs containing oxazole compounds represented by (I) general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0-6, and R2 represents general formula (A) or the like, wherein R3 represents a phenoxy group (at least one group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl group and an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkoxy group may be substituted on the phenyl ring) or the like], optically active forms thereof or salts thereof, and drugs (II) such as primary antituberculous drugs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 6,7-dihydroimidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine compound that has excellent bactericidal action against tubercle bacilli, multidrug-resistant tubercle bacilli, and atypical acid-fast bacilli. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (1): or a salt thereof, wherein R1 represents tetrahydroisoquinolyl, tetrahydroquinolyl, tetrahydrobenzoazepinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, indolyl, isoindolinyl, naphthyl, quinolyl, phenyl, biphenylyl, or pyridyl, these groups being optionally substituted, the phenyl, biphenylyl, and pyridyl represented by R1 each being substituted directly or via a linker with at least one group selected from the group consisting of tetrahydropyridyl, diazepanyl, diazabicycloheptanyl, tetrahydrotriazolopyrazinyl, tetrahydroimidazopyrazinyl, azabicyclooctanyl, oxazolyl, piperazinyl, piperidyl, thiazolyl, and the like, each of these groups being optionally substituted; and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl.

Abstract: A combination meter has an indicator for radiating light having entered from an entrance portion thereof and a display panel having a displaying portion illuminated by light passing through such portion. A cylindrical body is inserted into a panel-side opening of the display panel. The cylindrical body has a body-side supporting portion so as to hold the display panel between the body-side supporting portion and a housing-side supporting portion. An outer peripheral reflecting portion formed in the cylindrical body reflects light toward a housing-side reflecting portion of a housing. Light emitted from a light source not only illuminates the indicator but also is reflected by the respective reflecting portions to illuminate the displaying portion.

Abstract: A recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a viral gene under the control of dual promoters and a recombinant baculovirus, and methods for production thereof, as well as pharmaceuticals comprising the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of common lines, a plurality of driving lines, a plurality of light emitting elements, a source driver, a sink driver, discharge devices, discharge limiting devices, and rectifying devices. The discharge devices are connected to the common lines and configured to lower voltage at the connected common lines. The discharge limiting devices are connected to the common lines and to the discharge devices, and apply a limitation so that the voltage at the connected common lines is not lowered below a prescribed value by the discharge devices. The rectifying devices are connected between the discharge devices and the discharge limiting devices, and the common lines, and pass a current from the common lines toward the discharge devices and the discharge limiting devices but do not pass a current from the discharge devices and the discharge limiting devices toward the common lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides antituberculous therapeutic drugs with a higher potency. The present invention provides also antituberculous therapeutic drugs containing oxazole compounds represented by (I) general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0-6, and R2 represents general formula (A) or the like, wherein R3 represents a phenoxy group (at least one group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl group and an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkoxy group may be substituted on the phenyl ring) or the like], optically active forms thereof or salts thereof, and drugs (II) such as primary antituberculous drugs.

Abstract: Provided is a surface treatment method for a water-absorbent resin having excellent production efficiency, absorption capacity against pressure, fluid permeability or the like. Provided is a method for the surface treatment of a water-absorbent resin which comprises a) a step for mixing 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound and 5 to 20 parts by weight of water, relative to 100 parts by weight of a water-absorbent resin; and b) a step for polymerizing the acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound, wherein neutralization ratio of the acid group-containing radically polymerizable compound is 0 to 60% by mol, and is lower than neutralization ratio of the water-absorbent resin.

Abstract: A light emission control method controls a display that includes a display portion, a scanning portion, and a driving portion. The display portion includes light emitting elements in a matrix form. The scanning portion is connected to common lines. Each common line is connected to the anode terminals of corresponding elements in corresponding row so that the common lines are scanned. The driving portion is connected to driving lines. Each driving line is connected to the cathodes terminals of corresponding elements in a corresponding column. The driving portion can drive selected elements when the common line corresponding to the selected elements is scanned. The method displays an image in each cycle including frames. All common lines are scanned in each frame. A part of the rows in one frame in one cycle is/are driven. Other part is driven in a frame after the one frame in the one cycle.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of common lines, a plurality of drive lines, a plurality of light emitting elements, a source driver, and a sink driver. At least one charging device is connected to at least one of the common lines and configured to increase a voltage of the common lines to a predetermined value when the voltage of the common lines is lower than the predetermined value during a period while the source driver does not apply the voltage. At least one discharging device is connected to at least one of the plurality of common lines and configured to decrease the voltage of the common lines to the predetermined value when the voltage of the common lines is higher than the predetermined value during the period while the source driver does not apply the voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 6,7-dihydroimidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine compound that has excellent bactericidal action against tubercle bacilli, multidrug-resistant tubercle bacilli, and atypical acid-fast bacilli. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (1): or a salt thereof, wherein R1 represents tetrahydroisoquinolyl, tetrahydroquinolyl, tetrahydrobenzoazepinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, indolyl, isoindolinyl, naphthyl, quinolyl, phenyl, biphenylyl, or pyridyl, these groups being optionally substituted, the phenyl, biphenylyl, and pyridyl represented by R1 each being substituted directly or via a linker with at least one group selected from the group consisting of tetrahydropyridyl, diazepanyl, diazabicycloheptanyl, tetrahydrotriazolopyrazinyl, tetrahydroimidazopyrazinyl, azabicyclooctanyl, oxazolyl, piperazinyl, piperidyl, thiazolyl, and the like, each of these groups being optionally substituted; and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonvolatile storage system including: a memory block having a plurality of flash memories; a flash memory power supply circuit outside of the memory block; and a flash memory controller. The flash memory power supply circuit has a plurality of types of power supply circuits for process execution, the power supply circuits for process execution generating and supplying power at a plurality of voltage levels needed to execute processes in the flash memories. The flash memory controller monitors changes of the internal states of the flash memories by communicating with the flash memories, thereby controlling the power supply circuits for process execution and the flash memories.

Abstract: The pseudorandom number generating system repeatedly performs simple transformation of a non-secure pseudorandom number sequence that may be generated quickly, and thus may quickly generate a highly secure pseudorandom number sequence having a long period. Furthermore, the encryption system and the decryption system do not generate a large encryption function difficult to be deciphered based on a shared key 122, but prepare multiple functions 126, which perform fast, different types of transformation, and select a combination of functions determined based on information of the shared key 122, and make the selected functions transform a text multiple times, thereby encrypt the text. Each of the functions is fast, and thus transformation by the entire combination is also fast. Furthermore, since the combination of functions and repetitive count can be changed, future improvement in specification is easy. Moreover, security is high since which functions are applied in what order is unknown.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treatment method for a water-absorbing resin comprising three steps of: 1) a humidifying and mixing step for mixing a base polymer and a surface cross-linking agent solution to obtain a “humidified substance”; 2) a pretreatment step for raising temperature of said humidified substance to obtain a “pretreated substance”; and 3) a surface cross-linking reaction step for cross-linking said pretreated substance to obtain a surface cross-linked “water-absorbing resin”; wherein dew point in the pretreatment step of the above 2) is from 50° C. to 95° C., and temperature of said humidified substance is raised from temperature below the dew point up to a temperature of 10° C. higher than the dew point.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel transfer vector and a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient, which are useful as preventive or therapeutic drugs for infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza. More specifically, the invention provides a recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a virus gene under the control of a dual promoter; a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza comprising administrating the recombinant baculovirus to patients.

Abstract: A water absorbent resin is dried in a continuous fluidized bed having a heat transfer tube and at least two drying rooms. Pulverization is performed between a first drying room at not less than 80° C. to not more than 200° C. and a second or subsequent room at not less than 100° C. to not more than 220° C. A method for producing a water absorbent resin includes: (1) polymerizing a monomer aqueous solution; (2) drying a hydrogel polymer of step (1); (3) performing particle size control of the dry polymer of the step (2); (5) surface crosslinking the water absorbent resin powder of step (3), and step (4) of performing a second heat drying on the water absorbent resin powder of step (3), preceding step (5). The water absorbent resin has a moisture content of 0 wt % to 3 wt % before the step (5).

Abstract: The present invention provides a 2,3-dihydro-6-nitroimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole compound represented by the following general formula: (1) in the above formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0 to 6, R1 and —(CH2)nR2 may form a spiro ring represented by the formula (30) below, together with the adjacent carbon atom (in the formula below, RRR represents a piperidyl group which may have substituents on the piperidine ring), (30) and R2 represents a benzothiazolyloxy group, quinolyloxy group, pyridyloxy group or the like. The present compound has an excellent bactericidal action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and atypical acid-fast bacteria.

Abstract: Split cores comprising laminated iron cores each having formed thereon a tooth, and a yoke and a pole piece which are connected to the tooth at both ends thereof, and arranged and connected together into an annular shape to make a stator. Both ends of the yokes and both ends of the pole pieces are displaced in one circumferential direction by laminated iron core from a top laminated layer of the iron cores of the split cores to a bottom laminated layer of the iron cores or split cores.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a vessel body and a fiber reinforced plastic layer formed on the surface of the vessel body, wherein the fiber reinforced plastic layer include fiber reinforced plastic in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with plastic, a strand elastic modulus of the reinforcing fiber is 305 GPa or higher, and a tensile elongation of the reinforcing fiber is 1.45 to 1.70%. A carbon fiber for a pressure vessel has a strand elastic modulus of 305 GPa or higher and a tensile elongation of 1.45 to 1.70%.