Abstract: The invention provides an agent for conferring resistance comprising a lectin as an effective component, which are able to confer resistance against external stimuli to animal cells, particularly mammalian cells, and to their cultured cells and various tissues in the living bodies. The agent for conferring resistance to external stimulus according to the invention can confer to such animal cells and/or tissues resistance against mechanical stimuli and/or proteolytic reactions, and thereby enhance graft fixation of the cells and/or tissues, as well as transplant tissues obtained by culturing them.

Abstract: The invention provides an agent for conferring resistance comprising a lectin as an effective component, which are able to confer resistance against external stimuli to animal cells, particularly mammalian cells, and to their cultured cells and various tissues in the living bodies. The agent for conferring resistance to external stimulus according to the invention can confer to such animal cells and/or tissues resistance against mechanical stimuli and/or proteolytic reactions, and thereby enhance graft fixation of the cells and/or tissues, as well as transplant tissues obtained by culturing them.

Abstract: A visual recognition device receives video signals representing an object to be recognized from a video camera, converts the video signals to a two-valued input pattern, and compares the input pattern with a standard pattern to recognize the object. The recognition device includes an auxiliary computing unit which carries out a predetermined auxiliary computation during a horizontal scan period of the video camera, in accordance with the state of the input pattern; a main computation unit for carrying out, during a vertical return scan blanking period of the video camera, a main computation based on computation results of the auxiliary computation unit; and a recognition unit for recognizing the input pattern with respect to the standard pattern based on computation results of the main computation unit with respect to the patterns.

Abstract: An antenna device used for a UHF tuner or the like, which comprises a combination of an antenna coil formed of single-covered wire with an insulator covering the antenna coil. The insulator is dividedly molded into a coil containing member having an antenna coil containing recess and a terminal member having a pair of antenna terminals and a resistor containing recess, a fitting portion to be fitted between the coil containing member and the terminal member is provided, and at the terminal member a cover for closing an opening at the coil containing recess. The coil containing member containing the antenna coil in the coil containing recess and the terminal member containing a resistor in the resistor containing recess are integrally connected by press-fitting of the fitting portion and the antenna coil is housed in the insulator, thereby obtaining the insulating property equivalent to a double covered wire without deforming the the coil during or after the assembly of the antenna device.

Abstract: In writing (1-7) RLL coded write data into a magnetic disk, a write data fetching circuit wherein a clock signal of a frequency three times a fundamental frequency of a write clock signal is generated based on a signal from a servo head of the magnetic disk, three clock signals are generated from the clock signal, one of the three clock signals and the write clock signal are synchronized, and the write data output in accordance with the write clock signal is subjected to (1-7) RLL encoding using a clock signal synchronized with one of the three clock signals, whereby stable (1-7) RLL encoding is made possible without the use of a precise clock signal with a 50 percent duty ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intake air cooling arrangement for a turbocharged internal combustion engine which comprises an intercooler for cooling the air which is conveyed from a turbocharger to an intake manifold of the engine; a first structure for mounting the intercooler just above the intake manifold; and a second structure for defining an air flowing way through which the outside air is forced to flow under running of the vehicle, wherein the intercooler and the intake manifold are arranged in the air flowing way so that the outside air which has passed through the intercooler is directed toward the intake manifold to cool the same.

Abstract: A method of measuring the moving velocity of a linear object which is moving while vibrating, the method comprising the steps of illuminating the linear object with a flat laser beam having a width larger than the amplitude of vibration, the linear object moving in the direction of its length and vibrating perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; receiving the scattered light from the linear object by a photoelectric conversion device through a finite-sized elliptic or slit aperture disposed with the direction of its minor axis matching the direction of movement of the linear object; and cutting off the d.c. component of a speckle signal from the photoelectric conversion device, counting the number of zero-crossings per second of the resulting signal and converting the count value to a signal representing the longitudinal moving velocity of the linear object.

Abstract: A process for preparing discrimination criteria for color identification comprises reading values representing a plurality of color components delivered from a color sensor for each of a plurality of given reference colors, calculating relative values of the color components, calculating relative values of the color components, calculating the deviation of the relative value of each color component from a specified value, extracting pairs of deviations each having a discrimination distance of at least specified times relative to any other reference color, determining a discrimination criterion between the extracted pair of deviation, and repeating the extracting and determining steps by calculating deviations of higher order with use of the deviations until discrimination criteria are determined for all the given reference colors.

Abstract: Precipitation hardening type stainless steel comprising in % by weight, 0.03<C.ltoreq.0.08, 0.3.ltoreq.Si.ltoreq.2.5, Mn.ltoreq.4.0, 5.0.ltoreq.Ni.ltoreq.9.0, 12.0.ltoreq.Cr.ltoreq.17.0, 0.1.ltoreq.Cu.ltoreq.2.5, 0.2.ltoreq.Ti.ltoreq.1.0, and Al.ltoreq.1.0, the balance being Fe and impurities, the elements being further adjusted so thatA'=17.times.(C/Ti)+0.70.times.(Mn)+1.times.(Ni)+0.60.times.(Cr)+0.76.times. (Cu)-0.63.times.(Al)+20.871is less than 42.0, ##EQU1## is not more than 2.7, and.DELTA.Hv=205.times.[Ti-3.times.(C+N)]+205.times.[Al-2.times.(N)]+57.5.time s.(Si)+20.5.times.(Cu)+20is within the range between 120 and 210, said steel as solution treated and optionally slightly cold worked having a substantial martencite structure. The steel has a good mechanical workability before aging, and when age hardened, it develops improved hardness and toughness as well as an isotropic and improved spring performance.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a lug pattern is disclosed. The tire comprises a breaker composed of a plurality of plies superimposed one upon the other and each having an offset projected from the equatorial plane of the tire and a textile cord cover layer superimposed about the breaker and extending across two sidewalls. The cords of the breaker plies are disposed along two directions crossed through the textile cord cover layer at an angle of a range between 50.degree. and 130.degree. with respect to the axial direction of the lug.