Abstract: A sterile composition which comprises a protein and an aliphatic polyester containing the protein and is sterilized with radiation. In this sterile composition, the structure and function (activity) of the protein are retained.

Abstract: A microscope includes: an objective lens radiating laser light and illumination light onto a specimen; a first detection optical system detecting first observation light produced from the specimen when the laser light is radiated; a second detection optical system detecting second observation light produced from the specimen when the illumination light is radiated; optical elements placed so as to be capable of being inserted into or removed from a light path of the first detection optical system or the second detection optical system; a rotating turret selectively switching the optical elements to be inserted into the light path; a storage section storing correction information about a relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light caused when the optical elements are switched; and a control section correcting the relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light based on the correction information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate and an adhesive layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and is an aggregate layer of particles that contain a polyvinylidene fluoride resin and have an average particle diameter of from 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m, in which a content of the particles per one adhesive layer is from 0.1 g/m2 to 6.0 g/m2.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the invention is to provide a biodegradable low-charging fiber. The prevent inventors have found that when a specific amount of a specific phospholipid that is not known to have antistatic properties is added to a biodegradable polymer, and the resulting mixture is formed into a fiber having a smooth surface, low-charging properties are developed. The invention has thus been accomplished. The invention is a fiber having an average surface porosity of less than 3% and made of a biodegradable polymer that contains a specific amount of a specific phospholipid.

Abstract: The distribution of a fluorescent material in a specimen can be observed and the fluorescent material can be obtained as clear, highly quantitative image data.

Abstract: An observation apparatus and an observation method are provided. The observation apparatus includes a light source that emits illumination light used to observe a specimen to which a fluorescent substance that specifically binds to or is expressed in a stimulus target has been supplied, an illumination optical system that radiates the illumination light emitted from the light source 11 onto the specimen, a deflecting device that changes an area of the specimen to be irradiated with the illumination light, a wavelength selecting section that selects the wavelength of illumination light to be radiated onto the specimen, an observation optical system that collects light from the specimen, a detector that detects the light collected by the observation optical system, an image processing section that generates an image from the light detected by the detector, and a control section that controls these components.

Abstract: A microscope for observing a specimen, while switching optical-path splitting portions, by using bright images without a positional displacement between the images, includes an optical-axis moving portion that parallelly moves laser light; a scanning portion; an objective lens; a detector; a plurality of excitation dichroic mirrors placed in an optical path in an insertable/removable manner and split the optical path; an excitation DM turret that selectively switches the excitation dichroic mirrors; a storage portion storing entry-angle displacement information and transmitting-position displacement information for the laser light at the pupil position of the objective lens, which are associated with the individual excitation dichroic mirrors; and a control portion controlling the scanning portion based on the entry-angle displacement information associated with an excitation dichroic mirror placed in the optical path and also controlling the optical-axis moving portion 15 based on the transmitting-position d

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the invention is to provide a biodegradable low-charging fiber. The prevent inventors have found that when a specific amount of a specific phospholipid that is not known to have antistatic properties is added to a biodegradable polymer, and the resulting mixture is formed into a fiber having a smooth surface, low-charging properties are developed. The invention has thus been accomplished. The invention is a fiber having an average surface porosity of less than 3% and made of a biodegradable polymer that contains a specific amount of a specific phospholipid.

Abstract: A microscope includes: an objective lens radiating laser light and illumination light onto a specimen; a first detection optical system detecting first observation light produced from the specimen when the laser light is radiated; a second detection optical system detecting second observation light produced from the specimen when the illumination light is radiated; optical elements placed so as to be capable of being inserted into or removed from a light path of the first detection optical system or the second detection optical system; a rotating turret selectively switching the optical elements to be inserted into the light path; a storage section storing correction information about a relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light caused when the optical elements are switched; and a control section correcting the relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light based on the correction information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fibrous formed article having excellent hydrophilicity, which contains a hydrophobic polymer and amphiphilic molecules and has an average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 50 ?m, the amphiphilic molecules segregating to the fiber surface.

Abstract: An observation apparatus and an observation method capable of changing the stimulation position in accordance with the position and the shape of a cell and of observing the cell immediately after stimulation are provided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a key retaining section retaining a key for use in writing data in a data storage area of another information processing apparatus or reading data stored in the data storage area, and a storage section that stores data. The information processing apparatus is used by being combined with the other information processing apparatus. The key retained in the key retaining section is protected with a key retained in the other information processing apparatus. The storage section is protected with the key retained in the other information processing apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a microscope that allows irradiation with uniform illumination light without decreasing the amount of light. Employed is a microscope 1 including an incoherent light source 31 that emits incoherent light I; an optical fiber 35 on which the incoherent light I is incident and which guides the incident incoherent light I by repeated total reflection; a DMD 37 having an array of movable micromirrors each reflecting or transmitting the guided incoherent light I; an objective lens 18 that irradiates a specimen 19 with the incoherent light I reflected or transmitted by the DMD 37 and that collects fluorescence F coming from the specimen 19; a dichroic mirror 17 that splits off the collected fluorescence F coming from the specimen 19 from the incoherent light I; and a CCD camera 13 that is disposed at a position conjugate to the position of the DMD 37 and that detects the fluorescence F coming from the specimen 19 and split off by the dichroic mirror 17.

Abstract: This invention seeks to provide a fiber formed of an aromatic polyazole that has a high molecular weight and is excellent in mechanical properties such as elastic modulus, strength, etc., and a process for the production thereof. This invention provides a fiber formed of a polyazole containing a recurring unit of the following formula (1), wherein Ar1 is a divalent aromatic group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, Ar2 is a tetravalent aromatic group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and each X is O, S or NH, and having a phosphorus atom content of 30 ppm or less, and a process for the production thereof.

Abstract: In order to fill conductive paste including metal particles in a via hole formed in a film having a surface made of thermoplastic resin, mirror finish is performed with respect to the surface of the film so that surface roughness of the film becomes smaller than a minimum particle diameter of the metal particles included in the conductive paste. Thus, even when the conductive paste is directly put on the surface of the film and is moved on the surface of the film by using a squeegee, most of the metal particles do not remain on the surface of the film.

Abstract: Coated carbon nanotubes coated with 0.01-100 parts by weight of at least one type of aromatic condensation polymer selected from the group consisting of wholly aromatic polyamides, wholly aromatic polyesters, aromatic polyester carbonates, aromatic polycarbonates, semi-aromatic polyesters and wholly aromatic azoles, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the carbon nanotubes, as well as a process for their production. Aromatic condensation polymer compositions comprising 0.01-100 parts by weight of the coated carbon nanotubes and 100 parts by weight of an aromatic condensation polymer, and molded articles formed using them.

Abstract: A microscope examination apparatus is provided that includes a light source for emitting excitation light or illumination light to a specimen placed on a stage; an objective lens opposing the stage and capable of focusing fluorescence or reflected light from the specimen; an image-forming lens for forming an image of the specimen obtained by the objective lens; and an image-capturing unit for capturing the image of the specimen forming by the image-forming lens, wherein a plurality of the objective lenses having different magnifying powers is provided, and an objective-lens switching mechanism for switching among the objective lenses is provided, and wherein a plurality of the image-forming lenses having different magnifying powers is provided, and an image-forming-lens switching mechanism for switching among the image-forming lenses is provided.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a polyamide resin composition excellent in insulating properties, mechanical properties and dimensional stability. This invention is a resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin and 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of boron nitride nanotubes. The invention also includes a formed article from the resin composition and processes for the production of the resin composition and the formed article.

Abstract: The distribution of a fluorescent material in a specimen can be observed and the fluorescent material can be obtained as clear, highly quantitative image data.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a dope containing a polyamide having a hydroxyl-group-possessing aromatic ring, which exhibits optical anisotropy and has excellent formability, and the dope contains a polymer having a recurring unit of the following formula (I), wherein Ar1 is and having an inherent viscosity of 1.0 or more and a strong-acidity solvent, has a polymer concentration of 5 to 30% by weight and exhibits optical anisotropy at 50° C.