Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core is formed of a band-shaped steel sheet that is helically bent and laminated. The stator core has slots each opening at an inner periphery of the stator core and spaced from one another in a circumferential direction. The stator coil is formed of electrical conductor segments that are inserted in the slots of the stator core and connected with one another. The band-shaped steel sheet has slits each of which is formed, at a position corresponding to one of the slots, to be open to the corresponding slot. Each of the electrical conductor segments is substantially U-shaped and has a pair of leg portions respectively inserted in corresponding two of the slots of the stator core; the corresponding two slots are circumferentially apart from each other by two or more slot-pitches.

Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.

Abstract: An electromagnetic valve manifold includes valve assemblies arranged in a single direction, each valve assembly including electromagnetic valves arranged in the single direction, a slave station disposed at one of ends of the electromagnetic valve manifold in the single direction, and a valve driving unit disposed in correspondence with each of the valve assemblies. The slave station includes a slave station output port that sends a control signal and valve driving unit power to the valve driving units. The valve driving units each include an electromagnetic valve power input port that receives electromagnetic valve power from an external device and a circuit board configured to control driving of the electromagnetic valves of a corresponding one of the valve assemblies using the control signal and send the electromagnetic valve power to the electromagnetic valves.

Abstract: A case includes: a case body forming a first housing chamber housing a rotating electrical machine and gears and a second housing chamber housing an inverter device; and a cover member. The cover member is joined to an axial second side of the case body, and disposed to cover the axial second side of the first housing chamber. The case body includes a partition wall separating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber, a peripheral wall covering the first housing chamber from outside in a radial direction, and an axial wall covering an axial first side of the second housing chamber. The partition wall, the peripheral wall, and the axial wall are integrally formed.

Abstract: A medical device includes: an expansion body, a shaft portion, and an electrode portion, the expansion body includes a recessed portion defining a receiving space configured to receive a biological tissue, a proximal side upright portion of the recessed portion includes a first surface facing the receiving space and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a distal side upright portion of the recessed portion includes a third surface facing the receiving space and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, the proximal side upright portion is an electrode arrangement portion in which the electrode portion is arranged, the distal side upright portion is an opposing surface portion opposing the electrode portion, the expansion body includes a heat insulation layer at least on the third surface or the fourth surface so as to oppose the electrode portion with the receiving space.

Abstract: The invention provides an HIF-1 activator for treatment, prevention, alleviation, improvement or recovery from diseases or symptoms associated with reduced HIF-1 activity, as well as a pharmaceutical composition, cosmetic and food composition comprising the activator. Provided is an HIF-1 activator comprising olive leaf extract. Also provided is an HIF-1 activator which is for maintaining the undifferentiated state of stem cells via HIF-1 activation and/or improving dysdifferentiation of stem cells.

Abstract: A guide wire is disclosed for guiding a tubular elongated body to be inserted into a living body can include: an elongated shaft portion that has flexibility; a puncture portion that is disposed at a distal end portion of the shaft portion and forms a hole in a biological tissue; and a cover portion that is formed of a wire member wound in a spiral shape, has a contraction portion that is contractible, and covers the puncture portion. The contraction portion is capable of causing the puncture portion to protrude from the cover portion by contracting the contraction portion in a linear state. When the contraction portion is in a curved state, the contraction portion is restricted in contraction so that the puncture portion does not protrude from the cover portion by contact of adjacent wire members on a concave side.

Abstract: A guide wire for guiding a dilator to be inserted into a living body includes: a flexible elongated shaft portion; a puncture portion at a distal end portion of the shaft portion to form a hole in biological tissue; and an elastically deformable cover portion covering the puncture portion. The cover portion includes a sparse pitch portion that has a wire member wound in a spiral shape and axially contractible, and a distal end cover located on a distal end side of the sparse pitch portion and covering at least a part of the puncture portion. The puncture portion includes a first contact portion. The distal end cover includes a second contact portion configured to contact the first contact portion from a proximal end side, so that relative axial movement of the first and second contact portions is restricted by the first contact portion contacting the second contact portion.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching elements. The heating output control part performs control by inverting the rate values of the driving periods of the first and second switching elements. The driving of the inverter is thus controlled so that substantially the same heating output is obtained to average the losses of the first and second switching elements.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching elements. The heating output control part performs control by inverting the rate values of the driving periods of the first and second switching elements. The driving of the inverter is thus controlled so that substantially the same heating output is obtained to average the losses of the first and second switching elements.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching elements. The heating output control part performs control by inverting the rate values of the driving periods of the first and second switching elements. The driving of the inverter is thus controlled so that substantially the same heating output is obtained to average the losses of the first and second switching elements.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching elements. The heating output control part performs control by inverting the rate values of the driving periods of the first and second switching elements. The driving of the inverter is thus controlled so that substantially the same heating output is obtained to average the losses of the first and second switching elements.

Abstract: A biological data observation apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least a photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element for emitting light with a predetermined wavelength onto a blood vessel of a subject and a light detecting element for detecting, as a photoelectric volume pulse wave, a change in an amount of transmitted or reflected light resulting from the light emitted from the light emitting section, a storage area in which pressure conversion data correlating a pulse wave area and a blood pressure value in order that the pulse wave area may be converted to the blood pressure value as an absolute value, the pulse wave area being obtained by integrating a wave form of the photoelectric capacity pulse wave per heartbeat, an operational unit calculating the pulse wave area on the basis of the photoelectric volume pulse wave obtained from the subject and further calculating the blood pressure value of the subject on the basis of the calculated pulse wave area and the blood pressure con

Abstract: This invention relates to polymorphisms in the IRF6 gene which are associated with various diseases, such as Van der Woude syndrome, Poplitieal syndrome, isolated cleft lip and/or palate, and other orofusial clefting disorders. The invention also relates to the nucleotide sequences of this gene, isolated nucleic acids comprising these nucleotide sequences, and isolated polypeptides or peptides encoded thereby. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells comprising the disclosed nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies that bind to the encoded polypeptides or peptides. In addition the invention relates to methods and compositions employing the disclosed nucleic acids, polypeptides or peptides, or antibodies for use in diagnostics and therapeutics for IRF6 associated disorders, e.g., Van der Woude syndrome, Poplitieal syndrome, isolated cleft lip and/or palate, and other orofusial clefting disorders.

Abstract: A thawing device for railway track points is constituted by connecting a heating coil (1a) wound around a floor plate (2) for heating the floor plate (2) by induction to an inverter device (5) for supplying high-frequency current to the heating coil (1a), via a connection cable (4); and providing a protection against magnetism (9, 10a-10c, 11a-11c , 12a, 12b) about the periphery of the heating coil (1a) and the connection cable (4).

Abstract: A biological data observation apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least a photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element for emitting light with a predetermined wavelength onto a blood vessel of a subject and a light detecting element for detecting, as a photoelectric volume pulse wave, a change in an amount of transmitted or reflected light resulting from the light emitted from the light emitting section, a storage area in which pressure conversion data correlating a pulse wave area and a blood pressure value in order that the pulse wave area may be converted to the blood pressure value as an absolute value, the pulse wave area being obtained by integrating a wave form of the photoelectric capacity pulse wave per heartbeat, an operational unit calculating the pulse wave area on the basis of the photoelectric volume pulse wave obtained from the subject and further calculating the blood pressure value of the subject on the basis of the calculated pulse wave area and the blood pressure con

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a composite apparatus in which a meter for a vehicle and an obstacle alarm device for a vehicle share a constituting means common to the meter and the obstacle alarm device. The meter and the obstacle alarm device share a buzzer-driving circuit (40) of and a buzzer (50).

Abstract: A maximum blood pressure and a minimum blood pressure are first measured using an oscillometric method. Pulse waves of a vessel occurring during the measurement are measured by a reflection-type photoelectric sensor. The maximum and minimum blood pressures and the pulse waves occurring at the times of maximum and minimum blood pressures are associated with each other. After that, the blood pressure is calculated from the associated values and the pulse waves of the vessel serially detected by the reflection-type photoelectric sensor.

Abstract: A biological data observation system makes it possible to accurately observing the anesthetic depth of a patient. The system measures a signal based on the pulse wave of the patient, and measures the sweat rate. During a surgery, these data and/or their composite data is monitored. The system displays transition of the sweat rate. Therefore, if during the surgery the patient's condition changes, an operating doctor (operator) will immediately notice a change in the sweat rate displayed by the system, so that the doctor or the like can promptly take an appropriate measure for the change in the patient's condition. By observing the transition of the patient's blood pressure displayed by the system, the doctor can also understand how the patient's condition changes as a result of the doctor's measure.

Abstract: An air bag (11) for a side air bag device capable of reducing the size and weight of the device (M1) while retaining a tension line (L--L) when expanded is mounted on the peripheral edge of a door opening (W) at the inside of a compartment, and is formed into a generally rectangular bag shape for covering the door opening when expanded, while being equipped with a gas inlet (19) for introducing an expanding gas. The air bag is provided with joints (22) jointing an inner side wall (12) and an outer side wall (13) partially so as to form a tension line L--L when expanded. The individual joints (22) are juxtaposed in plurality along the tension line so as to cross the tension line, and are arranged generally at vertically middle portions so as to form one expansion chamber (18) having upper and lower spaces (18a and 18b) for the expanding gas to flow therethrough.