Abstract: An electric power generating element for a fuel cell includes a positive electrode for reducing oxygen, a negative electrode for oxidizing a fuel, and a solid electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode and the negative electrode include a laminate of two or more electrode layers containing a catalyst. Each of the electrode layers has a thickness of 50 &mgr;m or less, and an adhesive layer is disposed between the electrode layers. In this way, it is possible to provide an electric power generating element for a fuel cell that can both thicken an electrode layer and achieve a porous structure and a structural flawlessness of the electrode layer.

Abstract: An exemplary information processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a body portion having a control device; and a display portion having a display panel connected to the body portion via a hinge so as to be swingably opened or closed. A power generation portion of a fuel cell, having positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and electrolyte layers placed between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes is provided in a housing of the display portion. The positive electrodes of the power generation portion are disposed on a back side or a display panel side of the display portion. Air holes for supplying air to the positive electrodes are provided on at least one selected from a back side of the housing and a display panel side of the housing. A fuel cartridge for supplying liquid fuel to the power generation portion is incorporated in the body portion. Thus, the information processing apparatus can be decreased in thickness and miniaturized.

Abstract: A dry etching gas containing a compound having a CF3C fragment directly bonded to a triple bond.

Abstract: After forming a primary powder bed at a toothed portion of an article, such as a gear or a spline shaft, by electrostatic powder coating process, the powder bed is removed from crests of teeth in the toothed portion by a specified thickness by scraping it off while sucking up the scraped powder. Next, the electrostatic powder coating process is performed again to form a secondary powder bed over the entire surface of the toothed portion. Then, the primary and secondary powder beds are melted or fused by induction heating to thereby form a coating film of a substantially uniform thickness.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated gene which regulates the dormancy of wheat seed, an antisense DNA to said gene, an isolated protein having activity which alters the degree of dormancy of wheat seed, a recombinant vector containing the gene, a transformant containing the vector; and a method for producing the protein.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave attenuating transparent member includes; a transparent base material, and a plurality of structural layers including at least one transparent conductive layer. Sheet resistivity of the electromagnetic wave attenuating transparent member is 100 &OHgr;/cm2 or less, and the plurality of structural layers include a first layer and a second layer which is provided to be farther than the first layer from the transparent base material, and has density which is higher than that of the first layer.

Abstract: In an optical member having a coating for reducing a ray reflecting on the coating and for reducing an electromagnetic wave incident on the coating, the optical member includes: a transparent substrate; and the coating including, and formed on the transparent substrate in the order named from the transparent substrate, a first light transmitting thin layer having a high refractive index, a first light transmitting thin layer having a low refractive index, a second light transmitting thin layer having a high refractive index, a second light transmitting thin layer having a low refractive index. At least one of the first light transmitting thin layer having the high refractive index and the second light transmitting thin layer having the high refractive index is a transparent conductive layer having a sheet resistivity of 100 .OMEGA./.quadrature. or less.

Abstract: A cholesterol oxide adsorbing agent whose effective component is a plant-derived water-soluble polysaccharide, a process for producing the cholesterol oxide adsorbing agent characterized by extraction of the polysaccharide from the plant at from 80.degree. C. to 130.degree. C., a method of adsorbing cholesterol oxide using the plant-derived water-soluble polysaccharide, and a process for producing foods characterized by adding the plant-derived water-soluble polysaccharide to foods containing cholesterol or cholesterol oxide.

Abstract: A casting mold includes a cavity formed therein, and an auxiliary mold projecting into the cavity. The auxiliary mold forms a concave portion in a cast product, and it exhibits a thermal expansion coefficient being more than a thermal expansion coefficient exhibited by a molten metal to be charged into the cavity. Hence, the auxiliary mold greatly expands thermally during casting, and it keeps the expanded state during the solidification of the molten metal. Accordingly, the casting mold can prevent the casting defects resulting from the shrinkage cavities from arising in the resulting cast products. All in all, the casting mold can obviate to give the auxiliary mold a tapered configuration, and it can reduce the after-casting machining allowance to be provided in the resulting concave portion.

Abstract: An automatic machine-plate change system 20 of the web-offset printing press 10 has new-plate cassettes 30U, 30L provided in a priming press 11 having plate cylinders 13U, 13L to accommodate new-plates 80U, 80L newly wound around the plate cylinders 13U, 13L, and has movement systems 40U, 40L moving the new-plate cassettes 30U, 30L to cause edges 32U, 32L of the new-plate cassettes 30U, 30L to move toward and away from the plate cylinders. Therefore, it is possible to actualize an automatic machine-plate change with a simple structure and a simple operation, to quickly and efficiently change the machine-plates, to reduce the cost of facilities and to actualize the automatic machine-plate change in high certainty and reliability.

Abstract: A frozen dough conditioner for preventing freezing damage, such as reduced loaf volume of bread and deteriorated texture and taste, on the frozen dough caused in freezing and thawing processes. Preferably, the conditioner composition is in the form of a powdery or granule conditioner for admixture with a dough composition to be frozen. The composition preferably is prepared by spraying and drying an aqueous solution or dispersion having a pH of about 4 to about 9, wherein the aqueous solution or dispersion contains: (A) a sucrose fatty acid ester having an HLB of not less than about 5; (B) diacetyl tartaric acid monoglyceride; (C) a fatty acid monoglyceride; and (D) one or more sugars.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a high-monoester sucrose higher fatty acid ester with a monoester content of at least 90%. In accordance with this invention, a sucrose higher fatty acid ester which is actually a mixture of the corresponding monoester, diester, triester, etc. is dissolved in 1 to 12 parts by weight of a solvent having a specific inductive capacity, at 25.degree. C., of 30 to 50 at an elevated temperature, the precipitate formed on subsequent cooling is removed to recover a supernatant and the solvent is removed from the supernatant. In accordance with the invention, a high-monoester sucrose higher fatty acid ester can be produced easily and with good reproducibility.

Abstract: Presented are pharmaceutical carcinostatic compositions comprising as active ingredient a diol represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 6 to 33; or by the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl and m is an integer of 3 to 21; and methods of treatment of cancer of animals with a diol represented by the above formulas. The compositions and the methods are useful for cancer treatment without causing side effects.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising, in admixture with a pharmacologically acceptable carrier, an isomonool of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 4 to 22, have carcinostatic, carcinostasis-reinforcing and carcinogenesis-preventing activity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing sucrose fatty acid ester granules by the fluidized bed granulation and drying technique and consists in forming a fluidized bed comprising a sucrose fatty acid ester powder at a temperature not exceeding 60.degree. C., spraying the fluidized bed with an aqueous sucrose fatty acid ester solution having a concentration of 3-20% by weight, as a binder, and then drying the sprayed fluidized bed, to thereby cause granulation. In accordance with the invention, the disintegration of sucrose fatty acid ester granules during granulation and drying can be prevented and highly pure sucrose fatty acid ester granules can be obtained. The sucrose fatty acid ester granules produced by the method of the invention are incapable of forming a cloud of fine powder, and have very good dispersibility and solubility.