Abstract: A resonant transformer is disposed at a stage following an inverter for inverting the polarity of a voltage applied to a discharge lamp. A parallel resonant circuit is formed by a resonant capacitor and a primary winding of the resonant transformer, and a periodic voltage applying section is connected to the parallel resonant circuit. The periodic voltage applying section is operated at a frequency that causes resonance in the parallel resonant circuit, thereby applying a high AC voltage to the discharge lamp in a period in which discharge is started in the discharge lamp.

Abstract: An operating circuit for a discharge lamp having an external auxiliary electrode and main discharge electrodes in a discharge space, in which the disadvantage of lamp damage due to detachment of glass material, such as silica glass or the like, of a hermetically sealed portion of the discharge vessel from the electrode material in alternating current operation of a discharge lamp is prevented by a feed circuit having an inverter, and a trigger circuit for supply of a pulsed current to the primary winding of a high voltage transformer with an autotransformer arrangement for applying a high voltage to the auxiliary electrode in which the electrical potential of the trigger terminals is maintained essentially at the same electrical potential as the output line on the low voltage side of the feed circuit when the trigger circuit is inoperative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blood cell separation membrane for separating blood into serum or plasma and blood cells while preventing hemolysis of the blood cells. Such a blood cell separation membrane can be obtained by impregnating a porous membrane for separating blood cells from blood supplied thereto with a solution containing a hydrophobic aminocarboxylic acid, a protein derived from silk, Tris, TES, ?-aminohexanoic acid, tranexamic acid, or heparin and then drying the membrane.

Abstract: The present discharge lamp lighting device is capable of rapid modulation in which a lamp current is rapidly reduced and rapidly restored. The current control circuit is provided to perform specific current control such that the brightness of a lamp is reduced by a predetermined percentage without being affected by a variation or change in lamp voltage over time, thereby reducing a lamp current.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing protein using a Biuret reaction, which can prevent coagulation of protein and an increase of a viscosity of a reaction liquid caused thereby, even when using a sample including protein with a high concentration. A sample including protein is adjusted to be alkaline by adding a sodium hydroxide solution or the like, to which a divalent copper salt and a salt containing a chaotropic ion are added so as to cause a Biuret reaction, and a degree of coloring thereof is measured, thereby analyzing the protein. The chaotropic ion may be, for example, a SCN ion, an I ion, a NO3 ion, a ClO4 ion, a Br ion or a Cl ion.

Abstract: The present discharge lamp lighting device is capable of rapidly breaking or restoring a lamp current or of rapidly reducing or restoring the lamp current. A discharge lamp lighting device, comprises a power supply circuit which supplies power to a discharge lamp, a current breaking switch circuit which selectively interrupts a current flowing through the discharge lamp, a lamp condition detector which detects a condition of the discharge lamp, a target signal generating circuit which generates a target signal for lighting the discharge lamp in a predetermined condition, based on an output from the lamp condition detector, and a target signal holding circuit which selectively holds the target signal, wherein when the current is interrupted by the current breaking switch circuit, the target signal holding circuit holds the target signal.

Abstract: A low cost DC—DC converter which facilitates a reduction of the switching loss in a wide, variable range of the continuity ratio of the main switching device includes a direct current source; an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device; a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device; a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the above described main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state; a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil; an auxiliary coil, a resonant capacitor and an ON-OFF-controllable auxiliary switching device. The main switching device and the auxiliary switching device are controlled such that each are alternatively shifted into the ON state such that the main switching device is shifted into the ON state within a given time after the auxiliary switching device has been shifted into the OFF state.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter which accomplishes a reduction of the switching loss in the wide, variable range of the continuity ratio of the main switching device includes a direct current source, an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device, a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device, a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the above described main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil, an auxiliary coil, a resonant capacitor and an ON-OFF-controllable auxiliary switching device, in which the auxiliary coil and the resonant capacitor are series-connected to form a LC series connection. Further, the LC series connection, the main switching device and the fly-wheel diode are also series connected, with the auxiliary switching device being connected in parallel to the LC series connection.

Abstract: To eliminate the disadvantage that the lamp current becomes large in a light source device with a discharge lamp with high radiance in a lamp with a low saturation lamp voltage, in a light source device having a discharge lamp with a pair of opposed electrodes connected to a feed device which starts the discharge lamp and which is used to supply the discharge current to the electrodes, the feed device is made to control the current feed such that the current flowing in the discharge lamp does not exceed a given current boundary value, such that, during the interval immediately after starting of the discharge lamp until sufficient heating of the discharge lamp is achieved, the current boundary value is a first boundary value, and that, after the interval expires, the current boundary value is changed to a second boundary value that is smaller than the first boundary value.

Abstract: A low cost DC-DC converter facilitates a reduction of the switching loss in the wide, variable range of the continuity ratio for a main switching device. The DC-DC converter includes a direct current source, an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device, a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device, a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state, and a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil, Also included is an auxiliary transformer with a primary winding as a direct current source and a secondary winding. The main switching device and the auxiliary switching device are controlled such that they are shifted alternatively into the ON state, and the main switching device, is shifted into the ON state a given time after the auxiliary switching device has been shifted into the OFF state.

Abstract: A selective complex of a lipoprotein with hemoglobin or a hemoglobin analogue; a method of assaying hemoglobin or a hemoglobin analogue in a sample, comprising reacting the sample with a lipoprotein which is capable of selectively forming a complex with hemoglobin or a hemoglobin analogue; and a kit for assaying hemoglobin or a hemoglobin analogue, comprising a lipoprotein which is capable of selectively forming a complex with hemoglobin or a hemoglobin analogue.

Abstract: A method capable of easily collecting microorganisms or cells in a short time without using a special device, comprising the steps of preparing a centrifugal tube (1) in which the inside thereof is divided into upper and lower parts by a filter (14) and water absorbing resin particles (15) are disposed on the filter (14), pouring liquid specimen in the centrifugal tube (1) so that the liquid specimen touches the water absorbing resin particles (15) to absorb the liquid specimen by the resin particles so as to arrest microorganisms or cells on the surfaces of the particles, pouring collecting liquid into the centrifugal tube (1) to collect the microorganisms or cells with the collecting liquid and, by centrifugal separation, accumulating the collecting liquid at the bottom part of the centrifugal tube (1) through the filter (14).

Abstract: A lamp lighting apparatus has a discharge drive circuit for supplying discharge current to the lamp, a voltage conversion circuit for boosting voltage from DC power and supplying the boosted voltage to the discharge drive circuit, and an arc discharge detecting circuit for detecting that a state of discharge of the lamp changes to arc discharge, and outputting an arc discharge transition signal to the voltage conversion circuit, wherein when the voltage conversion circuit receives the arc discharge transition signal which shows that the transition to the arc discharge does not take place, the voltage conversion circuit supplies a first voltage or higher to the discharge drive circuit, and when the voltage conversion circuit receives the arc discharge transition signal which shows that the transition to the arc discharge takes place, the voltage conversion circuit supplies a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the discharge drive circuit.

Abstract: The discharge lamp of the invention includes a main discharge vessel which is filled with a discharge medium for the main discharge via a pair of opposed main discharge electrodes, and has a first electrode sealing part and a second electrode sealing part for connecting the pair of main discharge electrodes. The advantage of the invention is in a starting electrode arranged such that it does not come into contact with the main discharge space, and an auxiliary light source which includes an auxiliary discharge vessel located adjacent on the side of one of the electrode sealing parts and which is not made integral with the electrode sealing parts. The auxiliary light source is filled with a discharge medium, and has a first outer electrode on the outside of the auxiliary discharge vessel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method of a plastic optical fiber which comprises the steps of heat drawing an undrawn plastic optical fiber obtained by melt spinning and annealing the drawn fiber at a circumferential velocity ratio between the front and rear rollers (circumferential velocity of a rear roller/circumferential velocity of a front roller) of 0.5 to 1.2 under heating conditions which satisfy 4?y?1.5x+330 and (Tgc?5)° C.?x?(Tgc+110)° C. [Tgc: a glass transition temperature of a core, x: an annealing temperature (° C.), and y: an annealing time (seconds)]. According to the present invention, a plastic optical fiber having a small thermal shrinkage ratio and excellent heat resistance can be provided.

Abstract: A HID lamp light source device in which the disadvantage of acoustic resonance is avoided is achieved in a light source device in which a discharge lamp has a pair of opposed electrodes connected to a feed device which is used for starting the discharge lamp and for supplying a discharge current to the electrodes by the feed device using a switching device for controlling the amount of feed for the discharge lamp and in which phase modulation is added to the essentially periodic switching operation of the switching device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method of a plastic optical fiber which comprises the steps of heat drawing an undrawn plastic optical fiber obtained by melt spinning and annealing the drawn fiber at a circumferential velocity ratio between the front and rear rollers (circumferential velocity of a rear roller/circumferential velocity of a front roller) of 0.5 to 1.2 under heating conditions which satisfy 4?y??1.5x+330 and (Tgc?5)° C.?x?(Tgc+110)° C. [Tgc: a glass transition temperature of a core, x: an annealing temperature (° C.), and y: an annealing time (seconds)]. According to the present invention, a plastic optical fiber having a small thermal shrinkage ratio and excellent heat resistance can be provided.

Abstract: A low cost DC-DC converter which facilitates a reduction of the switching loss in a wide, variable range of the continuity ratio of the main switching device includes a direct current source; an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device; a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device; a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the above described main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state; a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil; an auxiliary coil, a resonant capacitor and an ON-OFF-controllable auxiliary switching device. The main switching device and the auxiliary switching device are controlled such that each are alternatively shifted into the ON state such that the main switching device is shifted into the ON state within a given time after the auxiliary switching device has been shifted into the OFF state.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter which accomplishes a reduction of the switching loss in the wide, variable range of the continuity ratio of the main switching device includes a direct current source, an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device, a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device, a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the above described main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil, an auxiliary coil, a resonant capacitor and an ON-OFF-controllable auxiliary switching device, in which the auxiliary coil and the resonant capacitor are series-connected to form a LC series connection. Further, the LC series connection, the main switching device and the fly-wheel diode are also series connected, with the auxiliary switching device being connected in parallel to the LC series connection.

Abstract: A low cost DC-DC converter facilitates a reduction of the switching loss in the wide, variable range of the continuity ratio for a main switching device. The DC-DC converter includes a direct current source, an ON-OFF-controllable main switching device, a main coil which is series connected to the main switching device, a fly-wheel diode which is arranged such that the induction current of the main coil flows when the main switching device is shifted into the OFF state, and a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output of the main coil, Also included is an auxiliary transformer with a primary winding as a direct current source and a secondary winding. The main switching device and the auxiliary switching device are controlled such that they are shifted alternatively into the ON state, and the main switching device, is shifted into the ON state a given time after the auxiliary switching device has been shifted into the OFF state.