Abstract: A novel method for building complex three-dimensional scaffolds for biomimetic applications such as in vitro organ growth, using a gelatin/sugar/water gel, ultraviolet radiation, and heat or enzyme is described. The method produces gelatin-sugar hydrogels demonstrating greater thermal stability, mechanical strength, and resistance to enzymatic degradation. The invention also provides a means to assemble the gelatin sugar hydrogel films into complex three-dimensional structures (scaffolds). To account for the native biochemical factors present in natural scaffolds, methods of conjugating such factors to the gelatin-sugar hydrogel are described. These scaffolds can then be applied for tissue culturing and organ growth. The present invention also describes a system and apparatus for constructing these complex three-dimensional scaffolds by taking advantage of the physical and chemical properties of the gelatin-sugar hydrogel.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the general formula: which have a potent antibacterial activity and a high safety. Thus, the compounds are useful as antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and drug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: A coated granular material of the present invention includes: a water-soluble granular substance; a coating layer applied to at least a surface of the water-soluble granular substance and containing a thermosetting resin A formed from a resin liquid having a molar ratio A of isocyanate groups to hydroxyl groups of 0.5 to 0.99; and a protection layer applied to the coating layer and containing a thermosetting resin B formed from a resin liquid having a molar ratio B of isocyanate groups to hydroxyl groups of 0.75 to 2.0, wherein the molar ratio B of the protection layer is greater than the molar ratio A of the coating layer. The present coated granular material is capable of achieving both of a short-term release pattern and an initial release limiting function and maintaining good quality.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom, or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the general formula: which have a potent antibacterial activity and a high safety. Thus, the compounds are useful as antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and drug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal panel manufacturing apparatus includes a treatment bath, a light transmissive window, a liquid flowing unit, and a light irradiation unit. The treatment bath is configured to contain a liquid and to treat a panel in the liquid, wherein the panel includes a liquid crystal layer having a photo-polymerizable material and a liquid crystal composition. The light transmissive window is provided in the treatment bath. The liquid flowing unit is configured to cause the liquid to flow along a major surface of the panel. A light irradiation unit is configured to irradiate the panel with a light to polymerize the photo-polymerizable material via the light transmissive window.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom, or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the general formula: which have a potent antibacterial activity and a high safety. Thus, the compounds are useful as antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and drug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: A method for producing coated water-soluble particles in a manner to form two or more coating layers on surfaces of the water-soluble particles, characterized by including: a step A wherein after supplying a first coating material that contains a polyol component and an isocyanate component, a second coating material is additionally supplied to surfaces of first coating bodies that have coating layers formed of the first coating material that has not been sufficiently cured, so that second coating bodies that are provided with coating layers of the second coating material are obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom] or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: It is intended to provide drugs for treating ischemic diseases which are safe and have little side effects. Namely, drugs having a combination of an antithrombotic agent and a pyrazolone derivative defined in the description or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

Abstract: For a distributed application execution environment where the execution of a business process is accomplished by combining services in a manner that suits the business process to be executed, technologies have been developed to allocate hardware resources necessary to execute services that constitute a business process. With the conventional technologies, however, when using existing hardware resources is not enough to satisfy a requested execution quality of a service, the service is executed with a quality lower than the requested level. The present invention makes it possible to purvey IT resources flexibly in a distributed processing environment such that the requested level of business process execution quality is met. The present invention flexibly changes the configuration of IT resources that execute services constituting a business process, so that a requested quality of the business process is met.

Abstract: A benzophenone derivative represented by the following formula: wherein R1 represents, for example, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or a substituted phenyl group; Z represents, for example, an alkylene group; R2 represents, for example, a carboxyl group optionally protected with alkyl; R3 represents, for example, an optionally protected hydroxyl group; R4 represents, for example, an optionally substituted cycloalkyloxy group; and R5 represents, for example, a hydrogen atom, or a salt thereof has anti-arthritic activity, inhibits bone destruction caused by arthritis, and provides high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics and thus is useful as therapeutic agent for arthritis. These compounds have inhibitory effect on AP-1 activity and are useful as preventive or therapeutic agent for diseases in which excessive expression of AP-1 is involved.

Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula: wherein the dashed line represents a single bond or a double bond; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, a lower alkyl, aryl, lower alkoxy or monocyclic heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; R6 represents a lower alkyl, aryl, monocyclic heterocyclic, bicyclic heterocyclic or tricyclic heterocyclic group which may be substituted; X1 represents a lower alkylene group or the like; X2 represents a lower alkylene, lower alkenylene or lower alkynylene group which may be substituted; X3 represents an oxygen atom, sulfur atom, a sulfinyl group, sulfonyl group or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent cyclic group, containing a nitrogen, which may be substituted or the like; and Z1 represents a nitrogen atom, a carbon atom which may be substituted or the like, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom] or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: A aqueous dispersion comprising particles of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyaddition type resin, a polycondensation type resin, an addition condensation type resin, a ring-opening-polymerization type resin and an addition polymerization type resin; wherein the particle has at least two peaks in a particle diameter distribution curve; at least one of the peaks comprises at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyaddition type resin, a polycondensation type resin, an addition condensation type resin and a ring-opening-polymerization type resin. The aqueous dispersion exhibits a low viscosity even at a high concentration exceeding 65%, and has better stability with day. In addition, a paint, an adhesive, a pressure-sensitive adhesive and a fiber and textile processing agent using the dispersion of the present invention is excellent in storage stability even at a high concentration.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isocyanate group terminated prepolymer aqueous dispersion (A) that is composed of water and an isocyanate group terminated prepolymer (a) dispersed in the water, whose content in the (A) is in a range of 60 wt % to 85 wt %, wherein the (A) optionally contains a-surfactant in a range of 0 wt % to 10 wt % based on a weight of the (a), and a solvent in a range of 0 ppm to 5,000 ppm based on the weight of the (a). The present invention also provides a polyurethane resin aqueous dispersion (B) that is composed of a polyurethane resin (b), whose content in the (B) is in a range of 20 wt % to 65 wt %, wherein the (b) is obtained by a chain extension reaction of the (A). The present invention is capable of providing a polyurethane resin aqueous dispersion having excellent storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isocyanate group terminated prepolymer aqueous dispersion (A) that is composed of water and an isocyanate group terminated prepolymer (a) dispersed in the water, whose content in the (A) is in a range of 60 wt % to 85 wt %, wherein the (A) optionally contains a-surfactant in a range of 0 wt % to 10 wt % based on a weight of the (a), and a solvent in a range of 0 ppm to 5,000 ppm based on the weight of the (a). The present invention also provides a polyurethane resin aqueous dispersion (B) that is composed of a polyurethane resin (b), whose content in the (B) is in a range of 20 wt % to 65 wt %, wherein the (b) is obtained by a chain extension reaction of the (A). The present invention is capable of providing a polyurethane resin aqueous dispersion having excellent storage stability.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag having an interior divided into a plurality of chambers, and a gas generator for inflating the airbag so that gas is guided directly to each chamber from the gas generator. Further, a gas distributor having a plurality of gas outlets is attached to a gas outlet of the gas generator. The gas is supplied to the respective chambers through the gas outlets of the gas distributor.

Abstract: A head protective airbag which is adapted to not be inflated or to be scarcely inflated when dragged out of a pillar cover is provided. The airbag can be extremely smoothly pulled or dragged out of the pillar cover. The head protective airbag is provided with a triangular first cell in a front portion of the airbag. The first cell is in communication with a gas inlet through first and second gas passages. As an inflator is actuated, gas flows first mainly into the first gas passage through the gas inlet so that the airbag pushes and opens a roof trim above a B-pillar and thus starts to deploy into a vehicle cabin. The first cell is pulled by the first gas passage and an area around the first gas passage so as to tear a trim of an A-pillar and come out of the trim. After that, the first cell is inflated.