Abstract: An appetite-suppressing composition is characterized by comprising, as an active component, the liquid component derived from Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia). The solution is the liquid component extracted from fermented Indian mulberry fruits, which includes the residual liquid containing the >3,000 component and the filtrated liquid containing the <3,000 component. Considerably, provided is the food that possesses the appetite-suppressing composition without showing the non-specific effect on appetite suppression.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug containing, as an active ingredient, a low-molecular-weight compound that ameliorates obesity-related metabolic diseases, for example, exhibits anti-obesity action without reduction of food intake through binding to Helz2 to lower its action, on the basis of the fact that Helz2 is intensely expressed in the liver both in humans and mice, and expression levels are significantly increased in the human liver with NAFLD, as an obesity-related metabolic disease, and in fatty liver in obese mice. The present invention provides an ameliorating agent for an obesity-related metabolic disease, in particular, an ameliorating agent for fatty liver, the ameliorating agent characterized by containing guanabenz or a salt of guanabenz as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A multiband antenna includes a ground conductor, a first conductor disposed at a predetermined distance from the ground conductor, formed linearly, and configured to have a length to resonate at first and second frequencies, the first conductor including a power feeding point, a second conductor coupled to the first conductor at both ends of the second conductor, disposed closer to a side of the ground conductor than the first conductor, formed linearly, and configured to form a slit between the first and second conductors and resonate together with the first conductor at a third frequency, and a third conductor provided at one or more ends of the first conductor and configured to extend from a first end of the one or more ends to the side of the ground conductor to be electromagnetically coupled to the ground conductor at the third frequency, wherein the conductors has conductivity.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a ground plane having an edge; a monopole type first antenna element having a first feed point and configured to communicate at a first frequency; and a monopole type second antenna element having a second feed point and configured to communicate at a second frequency, the second antenna element extending from the second feed point in a direction away from the edge. An end portion of the first antenna element is arranged closer to the ground plane than an end portion of the second antenna element is. A length of an interval between the first feed point and the second feed point is in a range of from 0.25-fold to 0.7-fold of an electrical length of a first wavelength at the first frequency. A length of the second antenna element is a length in a range of from 0.15-fold to 0.55-fold of the electrical length.

Abstract: An appetite-suppressing composition is characterized by comprising, as an active component, the liquid component derived from Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia). The solution is the liquid component extracted from fermented Indian mulberry fruits, which includes the residual liquid containing the >3,000 component and the filtrated liquid containing the <3,000 component. Considerably, provided is the food that possesses the appetite-suppressing composition without showing the non-specific effect on appetite suppression.

Abstract: A multiband antenna includes a ground conductor, a first conductor disposed at a predetermined distance from the ground conductor, formed linearly, and configured to have a length to resonate at first and second frequencies, the first conductor including a power feeding point, a second conductor coupled to the first conductor at both ends of the second conductor, disposed closer to a side of the ground conductor than the first conductor, formed linearly, and configured to form a slit between the first and second conductors and resonate together with the first conductor at a third frequency, and a third conductor provided at one or more ends of the first conductor and configured to extend from a first end of the one or more ends to the side of the ground conductor to be electromagnetically coupled to the ground conductor at the third frequency, wherein the conductors has conductivity.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a ground plane having a slit extending from an edge to an inside first point and extending, along the edge, to a second point; a first antenna element having a first feed point and a first open end, the first feed point being arranged at an opposite side of an area surrounded by the slit and the edge with respect to the slit, the first antennae element extending from the first feed point to a first bend part at a first height position and extending to the first open end; and a second antenna element having a second feed point, arranged in the area, and a second open end, and extending from the second feed point to a second bend part at a second height position, extending to the second open end, and crossing, at a second open end side, the slit.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a ground plane having an edge; a monopole type first antenna element having a first feed point and configured to communicate at a first frequency; and a monopole type second antenna element having a second feed point and configured to communicate at a second frequency, the second antenna element extending from the second feed point in a direction away from the edge. An end portion of the first antenna element is arranged closer to the ground plane than an end portion of the second antenna element is. A length of an interval between the first feed point and the second feed point is in a range of from 0.25-fold to 0.7-fold of an electrical length of a first wavelength at the first frequency. A length of the second antenna element is a length in a range of from 0.15-fold to 0.55-fold of the electrical length.

Abstract: An appetite-suppressing composition is characterized by comprising, as an active component, the liquid component derived from Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia). The solution is the liquid component extracted from fermented Indian mulberry fruits, which includes the residual liquid containing the >3,000 component and the filtrated liquid containing the <3,000 component. Considerably, provided is the food that possesses the appetite-suppressing composition without showing the non-specific effect on appetite suppression.

Abstract: A folding type portable radio machine, includes a chassis part formed by a first chassis and a second chassis, the second chassis being foldably connected to the first chassis. The chassis part includes a conductive part having conductivity whose full length is an approximately half wave length (?/2) of a using frequency of the radio machine, and an electric notch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of obtaining a factor involved in appetite control and/or body weight control, as well as genes obtained by said method, polypeptides encoded by said genes, or novel polypeptides obtained from the information on polypeptides encoded by said genes as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control. Also the present invention relates to substances that inhibit the effects of said genes or said polypeptides as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with appetite control and/or body weight control. By using thiazolidine diones having a PPAR ? agonist activity, genes and polypeptides involved in appetite regulation and/or body weight reduction can be obtained. NESFATIN or the like obtained by said method can be used as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board housed in the housing and an antenna including a proximal end portion connected to the circuit board and extending beyond an edge of the circuit board. The housing includes a recess depressed in a direction away from the edge of the circuit board, the recess being formed in a part of the housing facing the edge of the circuit board. The antenna is housed in the recess.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic device which includes a first and second casings, a second casing including a recess disposed on a surface, opposite to the first casing, of the second casing, and a joint for connecting the first casing to the second casing so that the first casing and the second casing are movable relative to each other. The joint includes a movable member which is fixed to the first casing and includes two arms, a pair of rails which is fixed to the second casing, each of the pair of rails receiving a corresponding one of the two arms so that the two arms are slidable relative to the pair of the rails, and a protrusion protruding from the movable member. The recess is disposed between the pair of rails and the recess receives the protrusion and regulates movement of the protrusion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to identify a Nesfatin-1 receptor, and to provide a method for screening or designing a Nesfatin-1-action regulating substance or a Nesfatin-1-like action substance using the Nesfatin-1 receptor. A method for screening a Nesfatin-1-like action substance comprising steps of making a test substance act on a receptor protein selected from the group consisting of GPR3, GPR6 and GPR12, and of identifying the Nesfatin-1-like action substance based on a change of Nesfatin-1 action.

Abstract: A radio communication device that outputs an alarm when a reception level of a radio wave from a wireless unit is less than a threshold value, includes a reception level measuring section for measuring the reception level of the radio wave transmitted from the wireless unit at certain times. A threshold value setting section for setting a first threshold value or a second threshold value less than the first threshold value based on a difference between the reception level of the radio wave measured a previous time and the reception level of the radio wave measured a subsequent time. An alarm output requesting section for causing an alarm output section to output an alarm if the reception level of the radio wave measured a subsequent time is less than the first threshold value or the second threshold value.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing which is openably and closably connected to the first housing through a hinge, a first conductor part which is arranged on the first housing, a second conductor and an antenna element, which are arranged on the second housing and an antenna switching part that makes the first conductor part, the second conductor part, and the antenna element serve as a dipole antenna when the first housing and the second housing are in an open state, and makes the antenna element serve as a monopole antenna when the first conductor and the second conductor are in a closed state.

Abstract: The present application relates to an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin-1, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin and/or NucB1, and with the use of the antibody, an immunological detection method and a detection kit of Nesfatin-1, and further, an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with NucB1, and an immunological detection method using the antibody, and a detection kit of Nesfatin comprising the antibody.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a first casing having a first antenna element; a second casing having a second antenna element; and a joint for rotatably joining the first casing and the second casing, the joint having third antenna element for electrically connecting the first antenna element and the second antenna element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of obtaining a factor involved in appetite control and/or body weight control, as well as genes obtained by said method, polypeptides encoded by said genes, or novel polypeptides obtained from the information on polypeptides encoded by said genes as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control. Also the present invention relates to substances that inhibit the effects of said genes or said polypeptides as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with appetite control and/or body weight control. By using thiazolidine diones having a PPAR ? agonist activity, genes and polypeptides involved in appetite regulation and/or body weight reduction can be obtained. NESFATIN or the like obtained by said method can be used as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of obtaining a factor involved in appetite control and/or body weight control, as well as genes obtained by said method, polypeptides encoded by said genes, or novel polypeptides obtained from the information on polypeptides encoded by said genes as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control. Also the present invention relates to substances that inhibit the effects of said genes or said polypeptides as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with appetite control and/or body weight control. By using thiazolidine diones having a PPAR ? agonist activity, genes and polypeptides involved in appetite regulation and/or body weight reduction can be obtained. NESFATIN or the like obtained by said method can be used as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control.