Abstract: An oil surface adhesive room temperature curing type organopolysiloxane composition includes: (A) at least one of organopolysiloxanes represented by specific general formulas; (B) heavy calcium carbonate of which the surfaces have been treated with a fatty acid and/or paraffin treating agent; (C) an oil-absorbing carbon powder; (D) a silane represented by a specific general formula or a partial hydrolyzate; (E) a curing catalyst; and (F) an organic compound having one isocyanate group in its molecule.

Abstract: A self-adhesive organopolysiloxane composition is provided comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two SiH groups, (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst, and (D) an adhesive component obtained by previously mixing (i) a titanium chelate catalyst and/or a tetraorganoxytitanium and (ii) a silane coupling agent and aging the mixture. The composition cures at room temperature or lower temperature while it is fully adhesive to metal and plastic substrates.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, method, computer program and product are disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image. To extract the character line, a circumscribed rectangle is formed for each character, having a length determined based on an average character size of the scanned image.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a cytosine nucleoside compound from pentose-1-phosphate and cytosine or a derivative thereof using a nucleoside phosphorylase reactive to cytosine or a bacterium having the enzyme activity. The invention also provides a method for specifically reducing an activity to degrade the substrates or the product, resulting in efficient production of the cytosine nucleoside compound. According to the invention, little by-product is produced in producing cytonucleocide compounds.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product is disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image. The character line is extracted based on a circumscribed rectangle, representing the vertical component of the character. The distortion in the scanned image is corrected based on the length of the circumscribed rectangle in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: To reduce the affections of noises having greater instantaneous powers than received signals. A receiver of block transmission scheme, in which signal blocks from a transmitting end are received and equalization is performed for each of the received signal blocks, comprises a local noise detecting unit detecting a local noise locally existing in a received signal block and having a greater amplitude than the signals; a local noise eliminating unit generating a local-noise-eliminated received signal block in which the signals in the range where the local noise is existent within the received signal block have been eliminated together with the local noise; and an equalizer that performs an equalization based on the local-noise-eliminated received signal block.

Abstract: An image correcting apparatus is provided for preventing a degraded image quality which can be caused by a three-dimensional distortion correction made to a scanned image distorted in a trapezoidal shape. Divergent distortion angles ?, ? of a scanned image are detected using a page contour of a book document which can be found near the upper or lower edge of the scanned image in a main scanning direction. The scanned image is corrected for a divergent distortion based on the divergent distortion angles ?, ?, followed by a correction of the scanned image for a shape distortion in a sub-scanning direction. In this way, the image quality can be prevented from degradation possibly caused by the three-dimensional distortion correction, if made to such a scanned image distorted in a trapezoidal shape.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composition comprising an organopolysiloxane, an organosilicon compound having at least three hydrolyzable radicals in the molecule, an acid anhydride and optionally a filler cures at room temperature and exhibits excellent adherence to magnesium alloys.

Abstract: This invention relates to DNA encoding a novel enzyme having activity of synthesizing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine, recombinant DNA constructed by integrating such DNA into a vector, a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA, and a method for producing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine with the use of the enzyme.

Abstract: A high moisture absorbent nonwoven fabric structure comprising a moisture absorbing layer mainly consisting of high moisture absorbent fibers, and surface sheets sandwiching the moisture absorbing layer to constitute a three-layer structure. The high moisture absorbent fibers gel on the surfaces thereof by absorbing water and/or moisture to develop a self-bonding force. The high moisture absorbent nonwoven fabric has an absorptivity, after five hours at 20° C. and relative humidity of 65%, of at least 20 wt. %, at least one of the surface sheets has breathability, and the self-bonding force of high moisture absorbent fibers ensures bonding between fibers in the moisture absorbing layer and between the moisture absorbing layer and the surface sheets.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which includes an image reading apparatus comprising a first memory, a book image corrector, and a selector. The first memory stores optical positioning information of the image reading apparatus. The book image corrector performs an image correction based on reference data from an image read by the image reading apparatus when the image is of a book document. The selector selects one of the plurality of different correction modes of the second corrector based on the optical positioning information stored in the first memory. The book image corrector includes a first corrector configured to correct in a main scanning direction a distortion of the image of the book document based on the reference data and a second corrector having a plurality of different correction modes configured to correct a distortion of the image of the book document in a sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays related information of information displayed in a region when the region is selected from regions displaying predetermined information and is displayed in an enlarged size, and does not display the related information when the selected region is displayed in a reduced size. The apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting the region to be either enlarged or reduced, a display unit for dynamically enlarging or reducing the region selected by the region selection unit, and a control unit for controlling an amount of the related information to be displayed based on an area of the region either enlarged or reduced by the display unit.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, method, computer program and product are disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image. To extract the character line, a circumscribed rectangle is formed for each character, having a length determined based on an average character size of the scanned image.

Abstract: A content browsing system changes a display state of a content that includes an object or the object according to zoom operation of a user, and includes an evaluation information storage unit and a display controlling unit. The evaluation information storage unit stores therein evaluation information related to the content or the object. The display controlling unit controls the display state of the content or the object selected as a zoom target based on the evaluation information.

Abstract: A content converting device includes a structure description parser, a zooming description parser, a converting unit, and a generating unit. The structure description parser parses a structure description related to a display format of content including objects to be zoomed. The zooming description parser parses a zooming description that describes zooming operation/behavior for each of the objects. The converting unit converts the structure description to a content file based on a parsing result obtained by the structure description parser. The generating unit generates script language codes based on a parsing result obtained by the zooming description parser.

Abstract: Road transmission antennas (4a, 4b) are disposed along a road, each radiating a single cell (E) with electromagnetic waves at the same frequency and of the same content. A vehicle mounted device (3) receiving the waves from the road transmission antennas (4a, 4b) performs antenna pattern diversity reception. When entering a wave blocking area of a large vehicle, a small vehicle is provided with seamless communications with a stationary station.

Abstract: Road transmission antennas (4a, 4b) are disposed along a road, each radiating a single cell (E) with electromagnetic waves at the same frequency and of the same content. A vehicle mounted device (3) receiving the waves from the road transmission antennas (4a, 4b) performs antenna pattern diversity reception. When entering a wave blocking area of a large vehicle, a small vehicle is provided with seamless communications with a stationary station.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composition suited for magnesium alloy bonding comprises (A) a specific organopolysiloxane, (B) a non-reactive silicone oil, (C) zinc oxide surface treated with a silane or siloxane treating agent, (D) heavy calcium carbonate surface treated with a paraffin treating agent, (E) an organosilicon compound having at least three hydrolyzable radicals or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, (F) a silane coupling agent having at least one epoxy radical, and (G) a titanium chelate catalyst. The composition has improved chemical resistance.

Abstract: A method for producing D-lactic acid in high yield, and to provide a method for producing D-lactic acid with high selectivity, in which optical purity is high and a by-product organic acid is small. In one aspect, a microorganism, wherein activity of pyruvate formate-lyase (pfl) is inactivated or decreased, and further activity of Escherichia coli-derived NADH-dependent D-lactate dehydrogenase (ldhA) is enhanced, is cultured to efficiently produce D-lactic acid. With regard to a method for enhancing ldhA activity, by linking, on a genome, a gene encoding ldhA with a promoter of a gene which controls expression of a protein involved in a glycolytic pathway, a nucleic acid biosynthesis pathway or an amino acid biosynthesis pathway, suitable results are obtained compared to the method for enhancing expression of the gene using an expression vector.

Abstract: A display controller reads an object, which is an intended zoom object, and changes its display form, generating a revised contents organization and displaying the revised contents organization on a display unit, based on an operation content of a user retrieved by an operation retrieving unit, an organization description pertaining to a display aspect of the contents, and a zoom description that describes the zoom action/behavior of each zoom object. Consequently, editing the contents becomes much easier. Further, the user is ensured a fair degree of freedom for viewing the contents.