Abstract: The present invention will provide an agent promoting bone formation and inhibiting bone resorption comprising kininogen and degradation product of kininogen as an effective ingredient. Fragment 1.multidot.2 is a preferable degradation product of kininogen.Further, the present invention will provide a drink, food, medicine and feed combined with kininogen and degradation product of kininogen.

Abstract: A method for promoting osteoblast proliferation or inhibiting bone resorption comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, a composition comprising High Mobility Group Protein (HMG-1) is disclosed.

Abstract: Modified TCF in which one or more amino-acid residues of the wild type TCF responsible for glycosylation are substituted or deleted so that at least one N-linked oligosaccharide chain is removed. The modified TCFs have a longer biological half-lives without loss of their biological activities. The modified TCFs are therapeutically important as agents for liver diseases or as anti-cancer drugs.

Abstract: The maximum number of documents placeable on a document platen may be detected by comparing the document size and document platen size. Then, a number of copy sheets equal to the maximum number of documents is chucked on a transfer drum. When the documents containing color regions and document that does not contain color regions are mixed among the plurality of documents placed on a document platen, a single scanning operation is executed for all document regions for developing a black toner, and three scanning operations are executed for documents containing color regions for developing a cyan, magenta and yellow toner.

Abstract: There is disclosed a UHF tuner channel indicating device adapted for use in a television receiver. In this device, two drums which carry digits in the unit digit and tens digit, respectively, for indicating channel numbers, are placed coaxially with each other and rotatably, with the drum carrying the unit digits being placed inwardly of the other drum, said drums being coupled to a rotary device of a tuner, whereby one turn of the unit-digit carrying drum causes the tens digit carrying drum to rotate by one-tenth turn by means of an intermittent shifting mechanism, thereby indicating a channel number in two digits.