Abstract: A leather is obtained by a process where a re-tanning agent is used which is constituted by synthetic tannin, resin and aluminum. The synthetic tannin is constituted by (a) condensation product of aromatic sulfonic acid with formaldehyde, (b) methylene cyclic polymer of aromatic sulfonic acid with hydroxy aromatic compound, and (c) glyoxal. The resin is constituted by (a) acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid ester or methacrylic acid ester polymer(s), and copolymer(s) thereof, and (b) polycondensation product of melamine with formaldehyde.

Abstract: A solid-state element device having: a solid-state element; a power receiving/supplying portion for mounting thereto the solid-state element, and receiving/supplying a power from/to the solid-state element; and a wavelength converting portion having a phosphor layer formed inside a sealing glass having the same coefficient of thermal expansion as that of the power receiving/supplying portion for sealing the solid-state element, the phosphor layer being obtained by mixing a glass and a phosphor with each other, and melting the glass.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a developing apparatus configured to form a developer image; a supply apparatus configured to supply developer to the developing apparatus; a detector configured to detect an amount of developer consumed during an image forming process; and a controller configured to perform an addition calculation for the amount of developer consumed, and for employing a value obtained by the addition calculation and a supply threshold value to determine whether developer should be supplied to the developing apparatus, wherein the controller sets the supply threshold value in accordance with an operating state of the developing apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for stabilizing fine particles of calcium phosphates without lowering their solid phase forming activity. It is possible to stabilize the fine particles of calcium phosphates by stopping the growth of the fine particles formed in an aqueous solution supersaturated with respect to calcium phosphates. More specifically, the fine particles of calcium phosphates were stabilized by lowering the inorganic ion concentration of a fine-particle-forming solution containing fine particles of calcium phosphates by dialysis, ion exchange, dilution, or the like, or by separating the fine particles of calcium phosphates from the fine-particle-forming solution by filtration, centrifuging, or the like.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes, when sealing a light-emitting element on a mounting portion by a glass material softened by heating or when processing the glass material after the sealing, producing a concave portion partially on the glass material by partially contacting and pressing a die against an upper surface of the glass material such that a part of the upper surface being not in contact with the die is deformed and forms a curved surface.

Abstract: A solid-state element has: a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, the semiconductor layer having a first layer that corresponds to an emission area of the solid-state element to and a second layer through which current is supplied to the first layer; a light discharge surface through which light emitted from the first layer is externally discharged, the light discharge surface being located on the side of the substrate; and an electrode having a plurality of regions that are of a conductive material and are in ohmic-contact with the second layer.

Abstract: A medical device includes a communication member including a first opening portion, a second opening portion, and a communication conduit for communication between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, a closing portion capable of liquid-tightly closing the communication conduit, and a maintaining member capable of maintaining the closing portion in a closed state.

Abstract: A video magnifier includes a body including a base, a table on which an object to be read is placed, the table being disposed on the base, a video camera disposed over the table, an illumination lamp illuminating the object placed on the table and a pointer irradiating a part of the object photographed by the video camera, and a monitor television displaying a video image delivered from the video camera. In the video magnifier, in synchronization with irradiation of the photographed part of the object by the pointer, an illuminance of the illumination lamp is rendered lower than an illuminance of the pointer.

Abstract: A drape for a medical equipment includes a covering portion configured to cover a surface of the medical equipment, a fixing portion which relatively fixes the covering portion to the medical equipment, a coupling portion which couples the fixing portion with the covering portion, and holding means which is provided to the covering portion and configured to liquid-tightly hold the covered inside when the medical equipment is covered with the covering portion.

Abstract: A substrate structure whereby a resin part for coating a plurality of electronic components by one operation is given a shielding property and the mounting strength of electronic components with respect to the substrate is secured and an electronic device including the substrate structure are provided. A substrate structure 10 includes a substrate 11, a plurality of electronic components 12 mounted along the substrate 11, and a resin part 13 coating each electronic component 12 with a resin 18 while kept in close contact with the substrate 11. The substrate structure 10 includes a frame body 15 surrounding each electronic component 12 while kept in close contact with the substrate 11 and a lid part 17 closing an opening 16 in the frame body 15, and a resin 18 is filled inside the frame body 15.

Abstract: To reduce moment generated at the proximal portion and the supporting portion of a brake pedal and to prevent an increase in weight even when the brake pedal is disposed outside a vehicle body and an operating unit is disposed away from the brake pedal within the vehicle body. A supporting shaft rotates integrally with the brake pedal by being connected with the brake pedal at one end with a supporting member for supporting both ends of the supporting shaft. An operating member is provided for operating an operating unit by rotation of the brake pedal and the supporting shaft by being connected to the other end of the supporting shaft at the position away from the brake pedal are provided. A pedal pad unit includes a flat depressing surface forming portion to be covered by a cover on the front face on which the driver depresses and a mounting portion extending from the depressing surface forming portion in the direction opposite from the cover for being pivotally mounted on the pedal lever unit.

Abstract: A solid-state optical device includes a solid-state element, a power supplying/retrieving portion on which the solid-state element is mounted, the power supplying/retrieving portion supplying or retrieving electric power to/from the solid-state element, and a glass sealing material that seals the solid-state element. The glass sealing material has a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to that of the power supplying/retrieving portion. The glass sealing material includes a P2O5—Al2O3—ZnO-based low-melting glass that includes 55 to 62 wt % of P2O5, 5 to 12 wt % of Al2O3 and 20 to 40 wt % of ZnO in weight %.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a substrate structure ensuring a shielding property and a heat discharge property of a resin part that collectively covers a plurality of electronic components and capable of downsizing, thinning, and a reduction in number of components. The substrate structure 20 of the first embodiment is provided with a substrate 21, a plurality of electronic components 22 mounted along the substrate 21, and a resin part 25 that covers the electronic components 22 and is in close contact with the substrate 21. In the substrate structure 20, the resin part 25 is provided with a reinforcing heat discharge layer 26 covering the electronic components 22 and having a heat conductivity and a reinforcing property and a shield layer 27 covering the reinforcing heat discharge layer 26, and a surface o28 of the shield layer 27 is formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a surface structure of the display device 30 adjacent to the resin part 25.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a developing apparatus configured to form a developer image; a supply apparatus configured to supply developer to the developing apparatus; a detector configured to detect an amount of developer consumed during an image forming process; and a controller configured to perform an addition calculation for the amount of developer consumed, and for employing a value obtained by the addition calculation and a supply threshold value to determine whether developer should be supplied to the developing apparatus, wherein the controller sets the supply threshold value in accordance with an operating state of the developing apparatus.

Abstract: A developing apparatus includes: an agitating chamber agitating a developer; a developing chamber provided with an inlet to which the developer is supplied from the agitating chamber and an outlet from which the developer is returned to the agitating chamber; a developer carrying member; a rotatable developer supplying member supplying the developer to the developer carrying member; a developer conveying member, provided above the center of rotation of the developer supplying member in the developing chamber, for conveying the developer in a longitudinal direction of the developer carrying member, wherein, in a vertical cross-sectional area of a region vertically above the center of rotation of the developer supplying member of the developing chamber, excluding a developer conveying region by the developer conveying member, a cross-sectional area S1 upstream in the developer conveying direction and a cross-sectional area S2 downstream in the developer conveying direction satisfy a relationship of S1<S2.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a developing apparatus configured to form a developer image; a supply apparatus configured to supply developer to the developing apparatus; a detector configured to detect an amount of developer consumed during an image forming process; and a controller configured to perform an addition calculation for the amount of developer consumed, and for employing a value obtained by the addition calculation and a supply threshold value to determine whether developer should be supplied to the developing apparatus, wherein the controller sets the supply threshold value in accordance with an operating state of the developing apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for use in enzyme replacement therapy. The inventors disclose a method of producing membrane bound enzymes in an active soluble form by eliminating the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) membrane anchor. In particular the inventors disclose a soluble active form of the membrane bound enzyme TNSALP which they produced by deleting the GPI anchor single peptide sequence. They have further shown that this composition is useful for treatment of hypophosphatasia. The inventors also disclose oligo acid amino acid variants thereof which specifically target bone tissue.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device including a carrying member for carrying a one component developer and for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer; a rotatable developer supplying device, contacted to the carrying member, for supplying the developer to the carrying member; a developer regulating device for regulating an amount of the developer carried on the carrying member; a developer stirring device for stirring the developer a developer supply device for supplying the developer to the developing device; and a controller for controlling supply of the developer to the developing device from the developer supply device. A lower end of the developer stirring device is disposed at a position which is vertically above an upper end of the developer supplying device and which is vertically above a contact portion between the carrying member and the developer regulating device.

Abstract: A method of making a light emitting device includes mixing a glass powder with a phosphor powder including at least one of a sulfide phosphor, an aluminate phosphor and a silicate phosphor to produce a mixed powder in which the phosphor powder is dispersed in the glass powder, heating and softening the mixed powder to provide an integrated material, and subsequently solidifying the integrated material to provide a phosphor-dispersed glass, and fusion-bonding the phosphor-dispersed glass onto a mounting portion on which a light emitting element is mounted by hot pressing, and simultaneously sealing the light emitting element with the phosphor-dispersed glass on the mounting portion.

Abstract: An endoscope system of the invention includes: a first endoscope capable of picking up an image of a subject; a first illuminating section capable of emitting first illuminating light; a second endoscope capable of picking up an image of the subject illuminated by the first light from a direction different from the first endoscope; a second illuminating section capable of emitting second illuminating light; a video signal processing section for generating a video signal based on a signal picked-up by the second endoscope; a display section for displaying an image of the subject obtained by the video signal processing section; an emphasis instructing section for instructing an emphasis on an image obtained based on the first light; and an emphasis control section for controlling to emphasize the subject image obtained based on the first light according to an operation of the emphasis instructing section.