Abstract: It is intended to provide a method whereby a plural number of antibodies against cell surface antigens are quickly classified and to provide a method whereby antigens of the thus classified antibodies are quickly identified. Further, it is intended to provide a method of promoting the utilization of the useful data obtained by the above methods. Furthermore, it is intended to provide an antibody which is effective in treating or diagnosing cancer.

Abstract: A carrier type conveying apparatus capable of solving a problem in a conventional conveying apparatus wherein a conveying carriers (1) stop abnormally, comprising a rear-pushing traveling district (3) having, at its inlet, a rear-pushing drive means (5A) propelling the conveying carriers (1) at a constant speed and, at its outlet, a braking drive means (5B) for sending out the conveying carriers (1) at the constant speed and a high-speed traveling district (4). The conveying apparatus comprises carrier connection systems (carrier connection means (9), connection start means (10), connection release means (11)). When the conveying carriers (1) travel in the high-speed traveling district (4), the connection of the conveying carriers (1) adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction by the carrier connection systems is disabled.

Abstract: A lifting stroke of a platform (3), liftably/lowerably supported through a cross link (13a), of a traveling body (1) for conveyance is increased with a low floor structure of the traveling body (1) maintained. In a conveying apparatus having the lifting/lowering platform, there are laid a first cam rail (47A) working on a first to-be-operated portion (28) to lift the platform (3) to a middle height (H1) and a second cam rail (48) working on a second to-be-operated portion (29) to lift the platform (3) from the middle height (H1) to the maximum height (H2). The second to-be-operated portion (29) is provided at a middle bending fulcrum (36) of a toggle link (32) interposed between the cross link (13a) and a fixing position on the conveying traveler body (1) side. When the platform (3) is lifted to the middle height (H1), the toggle link (32) is extended such that both upper fulcrums (37, 39) are separated, relative to the middle bending fulcrum (36), to both the front and rear in the traveling direction.

Abstract: A carriage-type conveyance device using a carriage having a vertically movable object-supporting base that is controlled by a cam rail on the floor side, in which a turntable for changing the direction of the carriage has a low-floor structure. In the carriage-type conveyance device, the object-supporting base that is vertically movable between a lowered position and a lifted position is placed on a conveyance carriage (1), a cam follower roller vertically moving in association with the movement of the object-supporting body is provided at the bottom of the conveyance carriage (1), and a cam device (58) for pushing up the cam follower roller and a work section (3A) in which the object support base is supported at the lifted position are provided in a traveling route of the conveyance carriage (1).

Abstract: An image inputting apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an original image file including at least an image data region in which image data is stored and an appended information region; a decision unit that decides whether or not falsification of the original image file is prohibited, based upon the appended information; a file modification unit that modifies the original image file to create a new image file in which the appended information region is expanded; and a store control unit that disallows the file modification unit to create the new image file and stores the original image file just as it is if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is prohibited, and that makes the file modification unit create the new image file and stores the new image file if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is not prohibited.

Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.

Abstract: A computer-readable computer program product that contains a data file outputting program for causing a computer to execute: a read-in instruction for reading in a plurality of data groups from a storage medium having recorded therein in correlation to each other post-edition data, pre-edition data and edition history data, and each of the plurality of data groups including the post-edition data, the pre-edition data, and the edition history data in correlation to each other, one group after another; a data creation instruction for applying, for each of the plurality of data groups, a content of edition at each point in time of edition to the pre-edition data based on the edition history data to create edition process data at each point in time; and a file output instruction for outputting in batch the post-edition data, the pre-edition data, and the edition process data as different data files, respectively.

Abstract: A computer readable computer program product containing a processing execution program, the processing execution program includes: an area display instruction to display, in correlation to data displayed on a screen, a selection area to be operated by a user for selecting the data; a selection status display instruction to display a selection status indication indicating that the data has been selected in the selection area; a processing execution instruction to execute the processing to the data corresponding to the selection area in which the selection status indication is displayed; and an execution status display instruction to display an execution status indication on the processing in place of the selection status indication in the selection area.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus formed so as to selectively move a to-be-conveyed object support table (3) installed on a conveying traveler body (1) to a lifted position by pushing up the support table by cam rails (40) laid down in the specific section of a conveying route, wherein the holding function of the to-be-conveyed object support table (3) at the lifted position is increased to enhance safety. A to-be-latched portion (33) reciprocatingly moving in a roughly horizontal direction according to a standing/falling motion of the crosslink mechanisms (12) and latches (34) for locking automatically engaged with the to-be-latched portion (33) when the to-be-conveyed object support table (3) is lifted to a predetermined position are installed on the conveying traveler body (1) sides of the crosslink mechanisms (12) liftably supporting the to-be-conveyed object support table (3).

Abstract: An oxygen enrichment apparatus includes an oxygen enriching unit for generating oxygen-enriched air and a discharge unit for discharging the oxygen-enriched air transferred from the suction unit. The oxygen-enriched air generated by the oxygen enriching unit has an oxygen concentration ranging from about 25% to 35%. The apparatus also includes a suction unit for suctioning the oxygen-enriched air from the oxygen enriching unit and a control unit for controlling the operation of the suction unit. The main body is provided with a display unit for indicating a state that the oxygen-enriched air is being discharged out by the discharge unit. The oxygen enriching unit has at least one oxygen enriching membrane for generating the oxygen-enriched air and a condensed water treating unit is installed at an air passage for guiding the oxygen-enriched air from the oxygen enriching unit to the discharge unit via the suction unit.

Abstract: A picture image input method includes inputting a picture image of an object as a picture image signal. A histogram of a frequency with respect to brightness information of the picture image signal is created. A first brightness is created, which is a maximum brightness value within a region not greater than a first frequency value on a low brightness side of a brightness value which is lower by the a preset amount than the maximum brightness value within the histogram. A brightness group on a low brightness side of the first brightness side in the histogram is detected. A substantially maximum brightness value in the brightness group is set as a highlight point of the object. A gradation conversion table is created, which converts gradations of the picture image signal on the basis of the highlight point.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus formed so as to selectively move a to-be-conveyed object support table (3) installed on a conveying traveler body (1) to a lifted position by pushing up the support table by cam rails (40) laid down in the specific section of a conveying route, wherein the holding function of the to-be-conveyed object support table (3) at the lifted position is increased to enhance safety. A to-be-latched portion (33) reciprocatingly moving in a roughly horizontal direction according to a standing/falling motion of the crosslink mechanisms (12) and latches (34) for locking automatically engaged with the to-be-latched portion (33) when the to-be-conveyed object support table (3) is lifted to a predetermined position are installed on the conveying traveler body (1) sides of the crosslink mechanisms (12) liftably supporting the to-be-conveyed object support table (3).

Abstract: A lifting stroke of a platform (3), liftably/lowerably supported through a cross link (13a), of a traveling body (1) for conveyance is increased with a low floor structure of the traveling body (1) maintained. In a conveying apparatus having the lifting/lowering platform, there are laid a first cam rail (47A) working on a first to-be-operated portion (28) to lift the platform (3) to a middle height (H1) and a second cam rail (48) working on a second to-be-operated portion (29) to lift the platform (3) from the middle height (H1) to the maximum height (H2). The second to-be-operated portion (29) is provided at a middle bending fulcrum (36) of a toggle link (32) interposed between the cross link (13a) and a fixing position on the conveying traveler body (1) side. When the platform (3) is lifted to the middle height (H1), the toggle link (32) is extended such that both upper fulcrums (37, 39) are separated, relative to the middle bending fulcrum (36), to both the front and rear in the traveling direction.

Abstract: The problem solved by this Invention is to provide a vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and a vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the winding type which can form a metal film on a base film made of single layer plastic film without thermal deformation and with superior productivity. To solve the above problem, there are provided an electron beam irradiator 21 for irradiating an electron beam onto a film material 12 arranged between an unwinding roller 13 and a deposition source 16; an auxiliary roller 18 for guiding the film 12 in contact with the deposited metal layer and arranged between a can roller 14 and a winding roller 15; a DC bias power source 22 for applying a DC voltage between the auxiliary roller 18 and the can roller 14; electricity removing unit 23 for removing electricity from the film 12 and arranged between the can roller 14 and the winding roller 15.

Abstract: The invention provides a vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and a vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the winding type which can form a metal film on a base film made of a single layer of insulating material such as plastic film without thermal deformation, and which is superior in productivity. An electron beam irradiator 21 irradiates an electron beam onto an insulating material base film 12 before deposition of metal, and a DC bias power source 22 applies bias voltage between an auxiliary roller 18 for guiding the base film 12 with metal film deposited thereon and a can roller 14, whereby the base film 12 charged by the irradiation of the electron beam before the deposition of metal film, is made to be in close contact with the can roller 14. The base film 12 after deposition of metal film is made to be in close contact with the can roller 14 by the bias voltage applied between the auxiliary roller 18 connected electrically to the metal film and the can roller 14.

Abstract: Disclosed is a therapeutic autologous-cell delivery support system 100, in which a therapeutic autologous cell extracted from a member is reserved in reserve means 34, and an autologous-cell delivery request from the member which includes ID information and positional information is received. Membership information is retrieved in accordance with the received ID information, and the membership information and positional information of the member is output. When the reserve means is provided in plural number at geographically different locations, one reserve means having a shortest delivery time is selected in accordance with the positional information included in the delivery request. The delivery request can be issued using ID information storage means 11 for transmitting the ID information, in a simple operation, or automatically issued using a monitor of physical data.

Abstract: A discharge wire usable in an electrification device includes a tungsten wire subjected to mirror finish processing and an oxidized layer formed by heating the surface of the tungsten wire at a temperature in the range 400 to 600° C., wherein the film has a thickness in the range of 0.01 to 0.3 ?m.

Abstract: An information recording medium and information processing device capable of preventing recording and reproduction of information by unauthorized users not possessing a genuine licensed disk device. A public key for a particular medium and a secret key are recorded on a medium and, a secret key for deciphering the encoding is recorded on a normally inaccessible region of the medium to prevent a user from downloading and altering the secret key with external commands. Information encoded by the public key of a particular device can only be decoded by the secret key of this device or a decipher key decodable only by the secret key, and recording or reproduction of decoded data is only possible on the genuine licensed device, and illegal recording or reproduction of data can therefore be prevented.

Abstract: A picture image input method includes inputting a picture image of an object as a picture image signal. A histogram of a frequency with respect to brightness information of the picture image signal is created. A first brightness is created, which is a maximum brightness value within a region not greater than a first frequency value on a low brightness side of a brightness value which is lower by the a preset amount than the maximum brightness value within the histogram. A brightness group on a low brightness side of the first brightness side in the histogram is detected. A substantially maximum brightness value in the brightness group is set as a highlight point of the object. A gradation conversion table is created, which converts gradations of the picture image signal on the basis of the highlight point.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image fixing apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium. During a process of continuously forming an image on a plurality of recording media, the recording medium feeding speed is switched when the temperature of a fixing roller has dropped to a particular value which is set depending on the rate at which the temperature of the fixing roller drops.