Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a novel polypeptide, a receptor, a DNA thereof, and the like. Specifically, the present invention provides a polypeptide having a binding ability to the protein represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3, or its amide, its ester or its salt, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, an antisense polynucleotide or an antibody to the polypeptide, a screening of agent for prevention and/or treatment of cancer, obesity, etc., which comprises using the above, and the like. The polypeptide, receptor, polynucleotide, antisense polynucleotide, antibody and the like are useful for an agent of prevention and/or treatment of cancer, obesity and the like. Further, they are useful for a screening of an agent for prevention and/or treatment of cancer, obesity and the like.

Abstract: A variable reluctance resolver has a rotor with magnetic poles with 2× or greater axis combination angles, and is structured so that reliable and accurate zero point detection can be carried out. Concave and convex portions are provided on at least two, but fewer than all, of the magnetic poles of the rotor, and the zero point detection winding is provided on a plurality of electrical poles of the stator. Two or more zero point detection signals are generated simultaneously by a plurality of zero point detection windings. Therefore, even if a portion of the zero point detection signals is lost, the zero point can still be identified based on the correlation between the two or more zero point detection signals.

Abstract: An electromagnetic proportional flow rate control valve capable of performing precise flow rate control in a low flow rate side of an operating region is provided. In an electromagnetic proportional flow rate control valve 32, in which a valve member 2 is driven in a valve closing direction in accordance with the increase in a driving current I of a solenoid coil 15, a solenoid driving force F is set such that it decreases accompanying the displacement of the valve member 2 in the valve closing direction with respect to an identical driving current in the solenoid coil 15. Thus, an amount of change in an area of a valve opening with respect to unit changes in the driving current I becomes smaller in a region at which the stroke is small compared to a case of having flat characteristics, whereby the flow rate control precision in the low flow rate region can be improved.

Abstract: Tableware of Ti or a Ti alloy having a surface hardened layer comprising a first hardened layer in which nitrogen and oxygen are diffused so as to form a solid solution and a second hardened layer which is formed in a region deeper than the first hardened layer. The substrate may have a hard decorative coating film. A substrate comprising Ti or a Ti alloy has on its surface an internal hardened layer comprising a first hardened layer and a second hardened layer, wherein the hard decorative coating film is formed on the surface of the internal hardened layer. The cutlery comprises a working part and a grip, the grip provided with a floating means such as a hollow part. Titanium tableware having excellent long-term mar resistance and high quality appearance, increasing the decorative value of the tableware. Further, a process for surface treatment to obtain the titanium tableware with high productivity and a substrate having a hard decorative coating film with excellent mar resistance and high surface hardness.

Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus capable of performing processing with excellent in-plane uniformity on an object to be processed having a large diameter is provided.

Abstract: A pure water supplier is connected with an inlet of the nitrogen dissolving unit. Further, there is another inlet formed in the nitrogen dissolving unit, and this inlet is connected with a nitrogen gas supply source. Nitrogen gas from the nitrogen gas supply source is dissolved in pure water supplied from the pure water supplier, thereby producing nitrogen-rich pure water. Thus nitrogen-rich rinsing liquid is produced immediately prior to rinsing. This reduces the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the rinsing liquid. This also slows down an increase of the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the rinsing liquid which has been discharged at a nozzle.

Abstract: A mobile station apparatus in a CDMA/TDD mobile communication system employs a communication frame including a plurality of time slots. The time slots include a plurality of forward link time slots, disposed at regular intervals in the communication frame and assigned a common control channel. The time slots further include time slots other than the plurality of forward link time slots, divided into reverse link time slots and forward link time slots according to an amount of information on a forward link and on a reverse link. The mobile station apparatus includes a receiver that receives the communication frame including the plurality of time slots. A measurer measures individual reception qualities of the plurality of forward link time slots in the received communication frame including the forward link time slots assigned the common control channel. A weighter assigns a weight to each measured reception quality of the plurality of forward time slots.

Abstract: A double variable reluctance resolver in which a redundancy is given to a variable reluctance resolver to improve reliability. The double variable reluctance resolver also functions as a multiple speed resolver system.

Abstract: A deviation angle detector enlarges the application range by enlarging the detectable deviation angle range. The deviation angle detector has two resolvers, which have rotors, stators, and single excitation windings and multiple output windings that are coiled around the stators. The difference in rotation angles of the resolvers is detected as a deviation angle &Dgr;&THgr; by calculating the output signal that corresponds to the rotation angles of the resolvers digitally or in analog. The corresponding output windings of the resolvers are connected in series and the output signals are extracted from the serially connected output windings and calculated digitally or in analog.

Abstract: Delay profiles of respective branch received signals received through a plurality of antennas are formed; peaks on each of formed delay profile signals are detected; the maximum peaks are obtained among detected peaks on the respective delay profile signals; and average delay differentials between the delay profiles are obtained by averaging a desired number of delay differentials among the maximum peaks.

Abstract: A stator device which prevents the formation of varnish accumulations on jumper wires, thereby preventing jumper wire breakage due to temperature variations. A gap is created between the jumper wire and the stud located on the stator body. When varnish is applied to the stud and the jumper wires, excess varnish flows through the gap and pools underneath. Moreover, when there is a significant accumulation of varnish in the gap, the varnish will flow off from the edge of the stator body.

Abstract: A division section (205) divides the output signal of a demodulating section (204) into data and control signals such as a CQI signal and an ACK/NACK signal. A transmission power control section (261) controls the gain of an amplifying section (262) by adding an offset to the transmission power of a transmission power control section (258) when the destination apparatus is not in an HO state. Also, the transmission power control section (261) controls the gain of the amplifying section (262) based on the CQI signal when the destination apparatus is in an HO state. Furthermore, the transmission power control section (261) adds a compensation value input from a compensation value setting section (260) as set to the transmission power, for example, at retransmission. By this configuration, it is possible to improve the system throughput of the wireless communication system providing an HSDPA service by optimally controlling the transmission power of an A-DPCH.

Abstract: The direction of arrival detection section 116 detects the direction of arrival of signals transmitted from various mobile stations based on information output from the reception processing section 113. The traffic detection section 115 detects traffic of the respective mobile stations based on information output from the direction of arrival detection section 116. The sector control section 117 controls the switching sections 102 and 108, spreading section 111 and despreading section 104 so that sectors are rotated based on information output from the traffic detection section 115. This makes it possible to reduce communication load in a handover area between sectors and increase the channel capacity of the system.

Abstract: An indicator comprising a porous resin material, and a liquid retained in the pores of the porous resin material, in which the whiteness of the porous resin material is at least 80, and the whiteness of the porous resin material is at least 20 larger than that of the indicator. This indicator displays information such as a period through the change of a color tone, and the like, well maintains the displaying properties, and suffers from less variation of displayed periods.

Abstract: Provision of a new communication device that uses pneumatronic waves as transmission medium, taking advantage of the characteristics of responsive materials such as ceramics. The space communication device contains a transmission means that generates pneumatronic waves vibration-modulated by letting electromagnetic waves carrying information signals act on wave-transferred inorganic materials, a receiving means that detects as information signals electromagnetic waves generated by the coming pneumatronic waves, which act on the said wave-transferred inorganic materials to vibration-demodulate such materials, and a differential transformation means that prevents the said electromagnetic waves from impeding receiving action.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a control unit employed for an internal combustion engine and provided with air flow sensor output correcting element capable of correcting a detected voltage error to occur in the air flow sensor according to a surge voltage and a supply voltage at each actuation of the thermal type air flow sensor. The thermal type air flow sensor output correcting element includes surge time measuring element for measuring a surge time in a value detected in the thermal type air flow sensor at the time of the sensor power on and supply voltage detecting means. The output correcting element thus calculates a warming-up characteristic correction amount for the thermal type air flow sensor according to the measured surge time and the detected supply voltage.

Abstract: A determination section 301 determines whether or not a DSCH has been assigned to the communication terminal apparatus in question, and outputs a signal indicating the result of that determination to a transmission controller 102, and the transmission controller 102 changes as appropriate the degree of frequency of transmission of a signal containing shared channel information according to the result of determination by the determination section 301. That is to say, the transmission controller 102 outputs a signal containing shared channel information to a modulator 103 with a high degree of frequency when the DSCH has been assigned to that terminal, and outputs a signal containing shared channel information to the modulator 103 with a low degree of frequency when the DSCH has not been assigned to that terminal.

Abstract: Control section 125 at base station 100 in a CDMA/TDD mobile communication system assigns one or more fixed forward link time slots to a plurality of time slots divided at a communication frame at a predetermined interval, and forward link time slots and reverse link time slots to the time slots except for the fixed forward link time slots by allocating corresponding to a ratio of a total information volume of a forward link to a total information volume of a reverse link in the system, in order to transmit a control channel signal including a synchronization control channel signal using the fixed forward link time slots, and to transmit forward link and reverse link traffic channel signals using the forward link time slots and the reverse link time slots that are allocated according to the number of time slots respectively required corresponding to the respective information volume.

Abstract: A switch controlling section 204 controls a switching device 205 and a switching device 211 such that mode information, which shows that a current state of an apparatus is an initial synchronous mode, which is a power-on time, or a standby mode, which is a cell moving time, is input, correlation processing is performed by a matched filter 209 in the initial synchronous mode, and correlation processing is performed by a sliding correlator 210 in the standby mode. This makes it possible for a CDMA radio communication system to establish initial synchronization at high speed and to improve a reduction in current consumption.

Abstract: An output terminal is provided at the middle point of each of output windings 112X and 112Y of a resolver 10. A difference between a voltage V2X (V2Y), between one of the end terminals and the middle point of the output winding, and a voltage V1X (V1Y), between the other end terminal and the middle point of the output winding, is detected by a difference voltage detection circuit 101, and supplied to a logical summing circuit 126 via a rectifier circuit 124 and a comparator circuit 125. In accordance with an output from the logical summing circuit 126, a fault of the windings, such as short-circuiting or the like, can be detected even at a specific rotation angle of the rotor. Thus, a resolver in which a fault thereof can be easily detected, as well as a resolver fault detection circuit, can be provided.