Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating behaviors of a vehicle are provided. At least two GPS antennas are located along a longitudinal axis of a vehicle so that speed vectors at the positions where the GPS antennas are located can be determined based on GPS signals received by the GPS antennas. The speed vectors are known to be estimated with high accuracy based on the GPS signals. The positions of the GPS antennas on the local coordinate system are estimated based on such highly accurate speed vectors, so that the estimated positions may also have high accuracy. Based on a line connecting these highly accurate positions of the GPS antennas, an inclination of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle is estimated. Use of the high-accuracy speed vectors enables high-accuracy estimation on the positions of the GPS antennas and the vehicle direction on the local coordinate system.

Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-5-cyanopyrimidine derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having a safe and potent adenosine A2a receptor agonistic activity; and also provides an adenosine A2a receptor agonist, an intraocular pressure reducing agent, or a medicine for treating glaucoma, etc., which comprises the compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An acceleration control system stores a target acceleration calculation equation acquired by transforming an equation that expresses that a product of the differentiation of the square power of the speed and the environmental factor ?env represents a sensed value ? of acceleration. A surrounding environment monitor device detects surrounding bodies present in the forward periphery of the vehicle, and an environmental factor calculation unit calculates the environmental factor ?env by using the detected positions of the surrounding bodies. A target acceleration setting unit successively sets target accelerations aref in compliance with the target acceleration calculation equation by using the environmental factor ?env. The acceleration is executed to match the driver's feeling.

Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-5-cyanopyrimidine derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having a safe and potent adenosine A2a receptor agonistic activity; and also provides an adenosine A2a receptor agonist, an intraocular pressure reducing agent, or a medicine for treating glaucoma, etc., which comprises the compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new composition containing the effective concentration of an aqueous extract of red vine leaves (1) and an anti-inflammatory agent (2) for preventing or alleviating the discomfort associated with mild-to-moderate chronic venous insufficiency of the legs. The compositions according to this invention may also contain pharmaceutically or cosmically acceptable additives.

Abstract: A storage battery or a secondary battery is capable of improving the utilization of an active material and obtaining a high energy density, using raw materials having costs substantially equal to those of a conventional lead storage battery especially as a negative-electrode plate of the secondary battery. The negative-electrode active material for the secondary battery is a kneaded mixture including: a raw active material having a metal and an oxide of the metal; and carbon in such an amount that the total absorption number thereof is at least 4.7 ml per mol of the raw active material, in which the kneaded mixture contains no sulfates or sulfates in an amount of 7×10?2 mol or smaller per mol of the raw active material. The negative-electrode active material has a specific volume of 2.2×10?1 to 5×10?1 ml/g with subjected to no formation. The carbon is acetylene black or furnace carbon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel N-phenyl-(2R,5S)dimethylpiperazine derivatives useful as antiandrogenic agent which exhibits a sufficient prostate gland reducing effect as compared with conventional compounds and are excellent in oral activity. The compound of the present application is useful in preventing or treating prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and the like. The present invention also provides a novel intermediate useful in producing the compound of the present invention.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a display relating to at least one aspect of vehicle body action. The system includes at least one sensor, to sense information of a vehicle. Further, an estimating part is included to determine at least one aspect of vehicle body action based upon the sensed information. Finally, a display is located within the vehicle, to provide a visual display relating to at least one aspect of the determined vehicle body action.

Abstract: The present invention provides a oxazole compound represented by Formula (1), or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is an aryl group which may have one or more substituents; R2 is an aryl group or a nitrogen atom-containing heterocyclic group each of which may have one or more substituents; and W is a divalent group represented by —Y1-A1- or —Y2—C(?O)— wherein Y1 is a group such as —C(?O)—, A1 is a group such as a lower alkylene group, and Y2 is a group such as a piperazinediyl group. The oxazole compound has a specific inhibitory action against phosphodiesterase 4.

Abstract: In an OFDM type radio transmitter, an orthogonal modulator performs an orthogonal modulation of an I-component and a Q-component, an orthogonal component output circuit produces the I-component and the Q-component in accordance with set values, and a correction circuit sets the I-component and the Q-component to zero. The correction circuit further corrects offset values of the I-component and the Q-component by way of the orthogonal component output circuit to minimize an output power of the orthogonal modulator. The number of times of changing the set values of the orthogonal component output circuit is limited to predetermined values in correcting the offset values.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing a propane-1,3-dione derivative as the active ingredient, particularly a GnRH receptor antagonist. Also, provided is a propane-1,3-dione derivative having a GnRH antagonistic effect.

Abstract: A dynamic contour extracting means detects, using a dynamic contour extraction method generally known as SNAKE, a contour of a recognition object included on an image by the following steps: a curve with control points is disposed in an image; an internal energy Eint indicating smoothness of the curve, an image energy Eimage, and an external energy Eext are summed up; and the curve is modified so that the summed total energy becomes the minimum. Here, a template is stored for including disposition information of primary control points that are bound to be moved only in a vertical or horizontal direction based on a road shape. The dynamic contour extracting means moves the primary control points based on the template. The primary control points can be rapidly moved owing to their limited movement direction.

Abstract: An apparatus corrects a position coordinate measured by a GPS receiver. Road data representing a position coordinate of a constructed road is included. Locus data representing a plurality of position coordinates of the GPS receiver during a past specified period is generated based on a position coordinate acquired. A road section traveled by the GPS receiver during the past specified period is estimated based on road data stored and a position coordinate acquired. A bias error of a position coordinate measured by the GPS receiver is estimated based on position coordinates at a plurality of points in a road section estimated and position coordinates at a plurality of points represented by the locus data. A position coordinate measured by the GPS receiver is corrected based on a bias error estimated and outputted.

Abstract: An information storage apparatus recognizes a traffic sign on a road expressed by a road surface image, and stores recognized traffic sign in association with its position information in a hard disk drive. By recognizing and storing information on the traffic sign in combination with the position information for the sake of traffic safety, information coverage in terms of traffic safety is updated to the most up-to-date condition for roads in the entire country.

Abstract: An acceleration control system controls acceleration of a vehicle to match the driver's feeling. In this control, the vehicle is controlled so that acceleration remains constant at the initial stage and then a differentiated value of a square power of a vehicle speed remains constant. This control is based on the finding of a normal acceleration operation attained by a driver. A linear relation exists between the acceleration in the initial stage of acceleration and the differentiated value of the square power of the speed. Switching of control from the constant acceleration to the constant differentiated value of the square power of the speed is made at a change-over speed determined by the linear relation.

Abstract: An acceleration control system stores a target acceleration calculation equation acquired by transforming an equation that expresses that a product of the differentiation of the square power of the speed and the environmental factor ?env represents a sensed value ? of acceleration. A surrounding environment monitor device detects surrounding bodies present in the forward periphery of the vehicle, and an environmental factor calculation unit calculates the environmental factor ?env by using the detected positions of the surrounding bodies. A target acceleration setting unit successively sets target accelerations aref in compliance with the target acceleration calculation equation by using the environmental factor ?env. The acceleration is executed to match the driver's feeling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel N-phenyl-(2R,5S)dimethylpiperazine derivatives useful as antiandrogenic agent which exhibits a sufficient prostate gland reducing effect as compared with conventional compounds and are excellent in oral activity. The compound of the present application is useful in preventing or treating prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and the like. The present invention also provides a novel intermediate useful in producing the compound of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-5-cyanopyrimidine derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having a safe and potent adenosine A2a receptor agonistic activity; and also provides an adenosine A2a receptor agonist, an intraocular pressure reducing agent, or a medicine for treating glaucoma, etc., which comprises the compound as an active ingredient.