Abstract: A straddle type vehicle is disclosed that allows the setting of a function selected from a plurality of functions to be changed. The straddle type vehicle includes an operation unit, a display unit and a control unit. The display unit displays information associated with at least one of a plurality of functions each having a changeable setting. The control unit changes the setting of the function indicated by the information displayed on the display unit. The operation unit allows for a select operation and a change operation. The select operation selects at least one of the plurality of functions. The change operation changes the setting of the function indicated by the information displayed on the display unit. The display unit displays information associated with the function selected by the select operation.

Abstract: It is possible to produce oseltamivir safely and stably in large quantities by using as a starting material tartaric acid, mannitol or arabinose, via dihydroxyhexenoic acid ester of the formula (4c): (wherein R1, R2 and R6 are same or different and are each alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyl or aromatic heterocyclic group, and R1 and R2 are not methyl simultaneously).

Abstract: It is possible to produce oseltamivir safely and stably in large quantities by using as a starting material tartaric acid, mannitol or arabinose, via dihydroxyhexenoic acid ester of the formula (4c).

Abstract: A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine.

Abstract: [Problem]A compound useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound as an active ingredient are provided. [Means for Solution]The present inventors have made extensive studies on the pharmacological actions of naturally fermented materials, and as a result, they have found that a cyclic depsipeptide compound derived from a soil bacterium belonging to the genus Chromobacterium which is collected in Okutama-machi, Tokyo has both an inhibitory action on airway contraction and an inhibitory action on airway inflammation, and thus, is useful as an agent for preventing or treating COPD or asthma, thereby completing the present invention.

Abstract: A process for preparing a ketazine compound of the formula (1) from a ketone compound of the formula (2), ammonia and an oxidizing agent, wherein a solution containing the ketone compound of the formula (2) and ammonia is brought into contact with an aqueous solution of the oxidizing agent in a tubular reactor having a flow channel width of 2 to 10000 ?m wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are each a C1-6 alkyl group, or R1 and R2 are combined with each other into a straight-chain C2-7 alkylene group wherein R1 and R2 are the same as above.

Abstract: Hydrazine supply device (1) includes hydrazine fixing bath (2) which releasably fixes hydrazine and water/alkali, tank (3) for supplying water or an alkaline aqueous solution so as to release the hydrazine fixed in the hydrazine fixing bath (2), thereby achieving stable storage and supply of hydrazine. Thus, the device can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring the supply of hydrazine. Further, each of fuel cell system (10) and vehicle (14) comprises the hydrazine supply device (1) and fuel cell (13), thereby achieving safe utilization of hydrazine as fuel and reduction of burdens on the environmental load.

Abstract: A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound which is useful as an agent for prevention and treatment of diseases associated with HDAC, in particular, tumor or cell proliferative diseases. The depsipeptide compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the present invention has a good HDAC inhibitory activity and an inhibitory activity of cell proliferation against human cancer cells and, therefore, is useful in treatment and improvement of diseases and pathogenic conditions associated with histone acetylation, in particular, tumor or cell proliferative diseases.

Abstract: A reproduced signal processor comprising sync block detecting means (100), data information generating means (106), first memory means (105), memory writing means (104), memory reading means (109) for parallel reading data of n frames (n is an integer of 2 or more satisfying ?<n) stored in the first memory means (105), and transferring means (112, 1504) for transferring n pieces of transfer data after restructuring n pieces of frame data read out by the memory reading means (109) according to the data information or not restructuring them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound which is useful as an agent for prevention and treatment of diseases associated with HDAC, in particular, tumor or cell proliferative diseases. The depsipeptide compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the present invention has a good HDAC inhibitory activity and an inhibitory activity of cell proliferation against human cancer cells and, therefore, is useful in treatment and improvement of diseases and pathogenic conditions associated with histone acetylation, in particular, tumor or cell proliferative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a flame-retardant epoxy resin composition excellent in heat resistance and moisture resistance. A flame-retardant epoxy resin composition relating to the present invention contains an epoxy resin (A), a phosphazene compound (B), an epoxy hardener (C) and an inorganic filler (D), wherein the phosphazene compound (B) and the epoxy hardener (C) are included in the range of 0.

Abstract: A digital signal processing method comprising the steps of: (a) composing, a plurality of first encoded video data and a plurality of second encoded video data; (b) dividing, each of high quality M bits audio channel into audio data of upper L bits and audio data of lower M-L bits; (c) composing a plurality of first basic data and a plurality of second basic data, wherein each of the first basic data have respective audio data of upper “L” bits, and wherein the second basic data have respective audio data of audio data of lower “M-L”; and (d) transmitting the first basic data in a first data bus, and the second basic data in a second data bus.

Abstract: A granule of a compound comprising a nitrate or nitrite, wherein a part of the body of the granule has a protrusion, and an aggregate of the granules.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a flame retardant excellent in heat resistance and hard to cause juicing or mold deposits in molding. A flame retardant relating to the present invention has a feature to be made of a polymer constituted of at least one kind, as a building block, among phosphazene compounds each having, in a molecule thereof, at least one of one kind of polymerizable functional group selected from the group consisting of a vinyl group, an allyl group, an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, an acryloyl group, and a methacryloyl group.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a flame-retardant epoxy resin composition excellent in heat resistance and moisture resistance. A flame-retardant epoxy resin composition relating to the present invention contains an epoxy resin (A), a phosphazene compound (B), an epoxy hardener (C) and an inorganic filler (D), wherein the phosphazene compound (B) and the epoxy hardener (C) are included in the range of 0.

Abstract: A granule of a compound comprising a nitrate or nitrite, wherein a part of the body of the granule has a protrusion, and an aggregate of the granules.

Abstract: There is provided a metal-containing azo compound suitably used for an recording layer of an optical medium, which is represented by at least one of the following general formulae: wherein M(II) is a bivalent metal, X1 and X2 are each a residue that forms a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic ring, Y1 and Y2 are each a residue that forms a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycle, and one residue is different from the other in at least one of a combination of X1 and X2, and a combination of Y1 and Y2; and there is also provided an optical recording medium of which recording layer comprises said metal-containing azo compound.

Abstract: A digital video cassette recorder reproduces signals which have been compressed to digital data and recorded in predetermined M tracks (M≧1) with helical scan in the unit of page consisting of N frames (N≧1). Further, position data have been added to the digital data on recording. On reproduction, the position data are detected to determine which reproduction position is reproduced, and a control signal to designate a field to be output is generated by observing the reproduction position during a frame period. A first storage device stores decoded data in the unit of N frames, while a second storage device delays the data a time of one field. By observing the reproduction situation with the position data, a memory controller controls reading from the first storage device according to the control signal, while a switch selects data to be output between data from the first storage device and data from the second storage device according to the control signal.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium that is excellent in recording and reading-out characteristics in the case of using a shortwave semiconductor laser and is good in light resistance and durability.