Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and highly effective insulin resistance improving agent or therapeutic agent for type II diabetes. According to the present invention, an insulin resistance improving agent or a therapeutic agent for type II diabetes comprising a compound represented by general formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, and R3 are the same as or different from each other, and each represents lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl, araryl, phenyl, or a hydrogen atom) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient can be provided.

Abstract: To reduce warping of a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, and thereby to improve production efficiency of the printed-wiring boards, there is provided a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, wherein a first copper foil on one side of the laminate is not recrystallizable by hot pressing for production of said laminate and a second foil on the other side is recrystallizable by the hot pressing and thicker than the first foil.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a safe and highly effective preventing or ameliorating agent for skin psoriasis. The present invention provides a preventing or ameliorating agent for skin psoriasis, containing, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by general formula (I) or a salt thereof: (wherein R1, R2, and R3 simultaneously or separately represent a lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl, araryl, or phenyl group, or a hydrogen atom).

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensor 1 for a vehicle including a sensing element 10 for measuring the pressure of brake fluids in fluid passages, a sensor housing 20 for accommodating the sensing element 10, and contact probes 30 that are electrically connected to the sensing element 10 and an electronic control unit 300 (control unit). Each contact probe 30 includes a sleeve 31, a coil spring 32 (elastic member) housed in the sleeve 31, the rod 33 inserted into the sleeve 31. The sleeve 31 is connected to the sensing element 10 in a state that the sleeve 31 is fixed in the sensor housing 20, and the rod 33 is pressed to the electronic unit 300 by pressing force of the coil spring 32.

Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a safe and highly effective hypertension-ameliorating agent. The present invention provides a hypertension-ameliorating agent, comprising a compound represented by general formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, and R3 are the same as or different from each other, and each represents lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl, araryl, phenyl, or a hydrogen atom) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and highly effective insulin resistance improving agent or therapeutic agent for type II diabetes. According to the present invention, an insulin resistance improving agent or a therapeutic agent for type II diabetes comprising a compound represented by general formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, and R3 are the same as or different from each other, and each represents lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl, araryl, phenyl, or a hydrogen atom) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient can be provided.

Abstract: There is provided an in-vehicle display apparatus including a display unit that displays different images to be seen from a driver's seat side and a passenger's seat side; and an image control unit that causes the driver's seat side to display a navigation image, when operation mode is switched from a second operation mode in which an operation on a second image displayed on the passenger's seat side is allowed, to a first operation mode in which an operation on a first image displayed on the driver's seat side is allowed.

Abstract: There are provided a brain function improving agent having an effect of improving learning and memory abilities, and a functional food containing the function improving agent. A preparation comprising a pyrroloquinoline quinone or a salt thereof alone or in combination with coenzyme Q10 and a functional food containing the preparation can improve learning and memory abilities decreased due to brain function disorders caused by various factors.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle display apparatus including a switching button 151 that switches between a single display mode displaying the same images on the basis of a single image source on first and second screens, and a dual display mode displaying D-seat and P-seat images on the basis of different image sources or the same image source on the first and second screens, respectively. Therefore, according to user's request, it is possible to switch between a case where the same images are displayed on the first and second screens, and a case where the different images are displayed on the first and second screens, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensor 1 for a vehicle including a sensing element 10 for measuring the pressure of brake fluids in fluid passages, a sensor housing 20 for accommodating the sensing element 10, and contact probes 30 that are electrically connected to the sensing element 10 and an electronic control unit 300 (control unit). Each contact probe 30 includes a sleeve 31, a coil spring 32 (elastic member) housed in the sleeve 31, the rod 33 inserted into the sleeve 31. The sleeve 31 is connected to the sensing element 10 in a state that the sleeve 31 is fixed in the sensor housing 20, and the rod 33 is pressed to the electronic unit 300 by pressing force of the coil spring 32.

Abstract: A diesel engine exhaust gas after-treatment device comprising a first temperature sensor that detects the temperature either upstream or downstream from a filter as a first temperature and detects the filter's other temperature as a second temperature, and a microcomputer. The microcomputer calculates the filter's hypothetical bed temperature from the temperature of either of the first and second temperatures; calculates the heat radiation coefficient from the filter to the external atmosphere according to the exhaust gas flow rat; and calculates the second temperature's estimated temperature based on the heat radiation coefficient and the above-described one first temperature. The filter's estimated bed temperature is found based on the above-described hypothetical bed temperature and the above-described detected second temperature and the above-described second temperature's estimated temperature. The microcomputer regenerates the filter based on the estimated bed temperature.

Abstract: To reduce warping of a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, and thereby to improve production efficiency of the printed-wiring boards, there is provided a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, wherein a first copper foil on one side of the laminate is not recrystallizable by hot pressing for production of said laminate and a second foil on the other side is recrystallizable by the hot pressing and thicker than the first foil.

Abstract: There are provided a display panel mounted in a tiltable manner on the front face portion of a main body portion, an operation panel to be mounted in a tiltable manner on the display panel, a tilt control part for controlling to tilt the display panel in response to a first tilt command and to tilt the operation panel in response to a second tilt command, and a memory part for storing inclination angle information of the operation panel corresponding to the inclination angle of the display panel. The tilt control part tilts the display panel in response to the first tilt command, and also tilts the operation panel based on the inclination angle information of the operation panel stored in the memory part.

Abstract: To reduce warping of a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, and thereby to improve production efficiency of the printed-wiring boards, there is provided a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, wherein a first copper foil on one side of the laminate is not recrystallizable by hot pressing for production of said laminate and a second foil on the other side is recrystallizable by the hot pressing and thicker than the first foil.

Abstract: An engine controller (20) controls regeneration of a diesel particulate filter (11) deployed along an exhaust passage (3) of a vehicle diesel engine (9). Regeneration terminates in response to a terminating request based on running conditions of the diesel engine (1). When the regeneration elapsed time at the time of termination is shorter than a reference duration, the engine controller (20) adds a time corresponding to a deviation of the regeneration elapsed time from the reference duration to the reference duration for the next regeneration of the DPF (11), thereby completely removing particulate matter accumulated in and around an inlet (18) of the filter (11).

Abstract: A particulate matter deposit amount accumulated in a diesel particulate filter (4) is calculated as a first particulate matter deposit amount from a pressure loss of the filter (4) (S33). The particulate matter deposit amount accumulated in the filter (4) is calculated as a second particulate matter deposit amount from another parameter (S34). It is determined whether or not there is front end blockage of the filter (4) based on a comparison between the first particulate matter deposit amount and second particulate matter deposit amount (S36, S43). When there is a front end blockage of the filter (4), the regeneration device is controlled to perform regeneration of the filter (4) for a longer period than the normal regeneration period of the filter (4) (S22).

Abstract: A regeneration control device which regenerates a filter (4) which traps particulate matter in the exhaust gas of an engine (1) is disclosed. The regeneration control device includes a first temperature sensor (16, 17), which detects one of an upstream temperature and a downstream temperature upstream and downstream of the filter (4) as a first temperature (Tin, Tout); a second temperature sensor (16, 17), which detects the other temperature as a second temperature (Tin, Tout); and a microcomputer. The microcomputer programmed to compute an estimated value (Tbede2) for the second temperature based on the first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor (16, 17), compute an estimated bed temperature (Tbed2) of the filter based on the second temperature detected by a second temperature sensor (16, 17) and the estimated value (Tbede2) for the second temperature, and perform engine control for increasing the temperature of the exhaust gas based on the estimated bed temperature (Tbed2).

Abstract: A particulate matter deposit amount in a diesel particulate filter (4) provided in an exhaust passage (3) of a diesel engine (1) for a vehicle is estimated on the basis of a pressure loss in the filter (4), which is detected by a differential pressure sensor (12). When the temperature of the differential pressure sensor (12) is not within a predetermined temperature range, estimation of the particulate matter deposit amount based on the pressure loss is restricted, and instead, the particulate matter deposit amount is estimated by accumulating a particulate matter deposit amount per unit time. In so doing, increases in the estimation error outside of the predetermined temperature range are prevented. Moreover, by applying these estimation methods selectively in accordance with the vehicle speed, the precision with which the particulate matter deposit amount is estimated outside of the predetermined temperature range is improved.

Abstract: A particulate filter (41) which traps particulate matter in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine (1), regenerates when a controller (31) performs an exhaust gas increase operation which includes decreasing the opening of an intake throttle (42). The controller (31), during regeneration of the filter (41), determines whether or not the required load of the diesel engine (1) is increasing from an accelerator pedal depression sensor (32) or a fuel injection amount (S3), and prevents output decrease of the diesel engine (1) by interrupting the exhaust gas temperature increase operation when the required load is increasing (S5).

Abstract: A diesel engine exhaust gas after-treatment device comprising a first temperature sensor that detects the temperature either upstream or downstream from a filter as a first temperature and detects the filter's other temperature as a second temperature, and a microcomputer. The microcomputer calculates the filter's hypothetical bed temperature from the temperature of either of the first and second temperatures; calculates the heat radiation coefficient from the filter to the external atmosphere according to the exhaust gas flow rat; and calculates the second temperature's estimated temperature based on the heat radiation coefficient and the above-described one first temperature. The filter's estimated bed temperature is found based on the above-described hypothetical bed temperature and the above-described detected second temperature and the above-described second temperature's estimated temperature. The microcomputer regenerates the filter based on the estimated bed temperature.