Abstract: Novel anti-human CTGF antibodies having excellent binding activity and/or neutralizing activity, as compared with conventional anti-human CTGF antibodies, are useful for treating various diseases in which human CTGF is involved in pathogenesis, including renal diseases such as chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-human CTGF antibody having excellent binding activity and/or neutralizing activity, as compared with conventional anti-human CTGF antibodies, and means for preventing or treating various diseases in which human CTGF is involved in pathogenesis, including renal diseases such as chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy, using the anti-human CTGF antibody. [Means for Solution] An anti-human CTGF antibody includes: a heavy-chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 10; and a light-chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 4.

Abstract: A method of screening for an antidiabetic agent comprising (1) bringing a test substance into contact with a cell which overexpresses a polypeptide exhibiting an activity of suppressing insulin secretion under a high glucose concentration by an overexpression of the polypeptide in pancreatic ? cells, and comprising an amino acid sequence of SOCS-2 or a modified or homologous amino acid sequence thereof, under a high glucose concentration, and (2) measuring an amount of insulin secreted from the cell, or (1) bringing a test substance into contact with a cell transformed with a DNA fragment comprising a human SOCS-2 promoter sequence or a modified sequence thereof, (2) measuring an amount of expressed SOCS-2, and (3) selecting a substance which suppresses the amount of expressed SOCS-2, is disclosed.

Abstract: A Dry-Film resist formed of, for example, a photosensitive film is stacked on the electroconductive material and these portions, other than a projection electrode formation area, formed on a wiring board's electrode serving as a portion of a circuit pattern are masked with a mask. After this, the wiring board is exposed to light and, after the removal of the mask, a development process is performed, thus eliminating the Dry-Film resist on the wiring board at the portion other than the projection electrode formation area. Then the electroconductive material of the wiring board is etched under an etching process to provide a projection electrode having a bump with a pointed tapering end in vertical cross-section. Finally, the wiring board is exposed to a Dry-Film resist elimination solution to remove remaining Dry-Film resist from the projection electrode. And a plating process is performed on the electroconductive material to form a plated layer and hence complete the projection electrode.

Abstract: A DF formed of, for example, a photosensitive film is stacked on the electroconductive material and these portions, other than a projection electrode formation area, formed on a wiring board's electrode serving as a portion of a circuit pattern are masked with a mask. After this, the wiring board is exposed to light and, after the removal of the mask, a development process is performed, thus eliminating the DF on the wiring board at the portion other than the projection electrode formation area. Then the electroconductive material of the wiring board is etched under an etching process to provide a projection electrode having a bump with a pointed tapering end in vertical cross-section. Finally, the wiring board is exposed to a DF elimination solution to remove remaining DF from the projection electrode. And a plating process is performed on the electroconductive material to form a plated layer and hence complete the projection electrode.

Abstract: A simple matrix drive type liquid crystal display device with enhanced display quality is provided. In line-at-a-time scanning, a scanning electrode group is supplied with two selecting voltages alternately; a signal electrode group is supplied with two voltages close to the intermediate value between the two selecting voltages. Which voltage is applied to the signal electrode is determined in accordance with the selecting voltage applied to the scanning electrode at that moment and a video signal in such a way that selected picture elements receive a large voltage and non-selected picture elements receive a small voltage. The output voltage of the power source circuit, which supplies power to the scanning circuit and the signal circuit that apply voltages to the scanning and signal electrode groups, is monitored so that, if the voltage is below a predetermined value, the liquid display device will not start display even when it receives a signal requesting starting of display from the outside.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes an LCD having a plurality (N) of row electrodes and a plurality (M) of column electrodes which intersect to each other orthogonally. A plurality (n) of row electrodes of the plurality (N) of row electrodes are individually and simultaneously driven by a plurality (n) of row drivers with voltages which are determined according to Walsh functions. A VGA controller which receives a video signal outputs display data of one frame. A plurality (n) of storages individually store the display data of each of n rows which are simultaneously driven. The display data from respective storages are applied to a plurality (m) of calculation circuits. Respective calculation circuits calculate driving voltage values for respective column electrodes in accordance with the Walsh function and the display data so as to apply the same to a plurality (m) of column drivers, respectively.

Abstract: A driving power supply and a driving circuit are provided which are suitable for use in a high resolution matrix liquid crystal display. A power source circuit generates two selecting potentials and an intermediate potential between the selecting potentials to be supplied to scanning electrodes through a scanning circuit, two potentials close to the intermediate potential to be supplied to signal electrodes through a signal circuit, and potentials for driving the scanning circuit and the signal circuit. A receiving circuit controls the scanning circuit and the signal circuit based on control signals and an image signal and monitors the potential of the power supplied to the liquid crystal display to start the potential generation by the power source circuit when the potential has sufficiently increased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is driven by a voltage averaging method. The display apparatus is provided with voltages via a scanning circuit and a driver circuit from a power supplying circuit. The power supplying circuit has a voltage compensating circuit which is provided with an operational amplifier whose first input terminal is provided with a predetermined voltage and whose second input terminal is connected to an output terminal thereof through a resistor, an impedance circuit connected between the output terminal of the operational amplifier and an output terminal of the power supplying circuit, and feedback circuit for feeding back both of an alternating current component and a direct current component of an output of the impedance circuit to the second input terminal of the operational amplifier.

Abstract: In a picture display device in accordance with the present invention, a selector (18) selects alternately the address output of a write address counter (15) and the address output of read address counters (16 and 17), and a selector (19) selects alternately the address output of a first read address counter (16) and the address output of a second address read counter (17). Then, picture element data based on a video signal from a picture processing circuit (1) is written in frame memories (4 and 5) corresponding to the two display areas (11) and (12) divided as the upper half and the lower half of the screen of a liquid crystal display (10) and after that, the picture element data is read out from the frame memory (4) and displayed on the upper display area (11) and written in the frame memory (5). Subsequently, the picture element data is read out from the frame memory (5) corresponding to the lower display area (12) so as to be displayed on the display area (12).

Abstract: A transceiver having an interphone system which is comprised of two transmitter and receiver units, a transceiver, an interphone and switching means for selectively connecting the transmitting and receiving units to the transceiver or the interphone.

Abstract: Character information to be displayed is stored in a temporary memory. Character data (ASCII code) is provided from the temporary memory to a character generator. The character generator is responsive to the character data to convert them into a dot display signal displaying each character in m columns and n rows. Then the display signal of each common row of the respective characters is transferred to a shift register in a bit serial fashion. Each time the display signal for one character is transferred a display blank signal is loaded in the shift register. A dot matrix display comprises rows of the same number as the cells of the shift register for producing a blank of one column between the adjacent characters, while displaying each character in m columns and n rows. After display is made on the display for all the rows, a leftward shift is made in succession one column by one column from the lowest row.