Abstract: The invention provides a low-friction sliding mechanism, a low-friction agent composition, a friction reduction method, a manual transmission and a final reduction gear unit that can exert very excellent low friction characteristics to sliding surfaces present under various applications, and, in particular, that have more excellent low friction characteristics than that of a combination of an existing steel material and an organic Mo compound. The low-friction sliding mechanism has an oxygen-containing organic compound or an aliphatic amine compound interposed between sliding surfaces that a DLC coated sliding member and a sliding member form. The low-friction agent composition contains an oxygen-containing organic compound or an aliphatic amine compound. The friction reduction method includes supplying the low-friction agent composition between sliding surfaces that a DLC coated sliding member and a sliding member form.

Abstract: There is provided a refrigerant compressor including compressor parts having sliding portions slidable relative to each other and a refrigeration oil applied to the sliding portions of the compressor parts. At least one of the sliding portions of the compressor parts has a hard carbon coating formed thereon with a hydrogen content of 20 atomic % or less.

Abstract: We claim a metal complex-protein composite comprising a salen metal complex and an apoprotein having a cavity, wherein the salen metal complex has a structure given by the following formula: R1 and R5 each independently represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and R2 through R4 and R6 through R10 each represents a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: A metal complex-protein composite comprising apohemoglobin, apoheme oxygenase, apocatalase or apoferrin having cavity and a metal complex has a specific structure that the metal complex is received in the cavity of the apoprotein. The metal complex is prepared by complexation of a metal ion, which is selected from the group consisting of rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium, with a ligand. The metal complex-protein composite functions as a hydrogenation catalyst of an olefin in water. The metal complex-protein composite is thus effectively applied to hydrogenation of water-soluble subtrates and has enviromental advantages over organic solvents.

Abstract: A data distribution system that distributes data adapting to a second terminal from a first terminal having data to the second terminal. The first terminal includes a data recording means that records data of a plurality of formats, a data distribution request receiving means that receives a distribution request of data adapting to the second terminal and that receives a URL related to the information of the second terminal, a terminal information acquiring means that acquires the information of the second terminal from the URL, a data selecting means that selects data adapting to the second terminal on the basis of the acquired information of the second terminal, and a data transmitting means that transmits the selected data to the second terminal.

Abstract: The invention is related to Digital Rights Management (DRM) or Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) for a generic digital content. The concept of IPMP Control Graph and REL-IPMP Control Graph is introduced to carry protection signalling and rights expression data. Both content packaging and terminal processing relating to the above control graph are clearly defined and elaborated.

Abstract: A method achieves high performance MPEG-2 video variable length decoding as to improve MPEG-2 video decoding process on the whole. The method includes parsing bits, Huffman code decoding for macroblock address increment, decoding motion code, and decoding macroblocks including intra and non-intra macroblocks. This is suitable to any application that are compliant with MPEG-2 MP@ML or MP@ HL video standard. For example, in PC-DTV receiver application, with properly configured PC, one can receive DTV program in real time.

Abstract: This invention provides methods of forming new blood vessels in diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, methods of increasing blood flow to diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, and methods of increasing angiogenesis in diseased tissue in a subject, which methods comprise: a) isolating autologous bone marrow-mononuclear cells from the subject; and b) transplanting locally into the diseased or damaged tissue an effective amount of the autologous bone-marrow mononuclear cells, thereby forming new blood vessels in the diseased or damaged tissue. The new blood vessels may be capillaries or collateral vessels in ischemic tissue or any site of angiogenesis. Also provided are methods of treating tissue in disease or injury by local transplantation with an effective amount of the autologous bone marrow-mononuclear cells so as to induce vascularization in such diseased tissue.

Abstract: The metal complex-protein composite of the invention has a specific structure that a salen metal complex expressed by Formula (1) given below is received in a cavity of a protein: where M in Formula (1) represents a metal ion, and R1 through R10 independently represent any of hydrogen atom, halogen atoms, alkyl groups containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and alkoxy groups containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: There is provided a refrigerant compressor including compressor parts having sliding portions slidable relative to each other and a refrigeration oil applied to the sliding portions of the compressor parts. At least one of the sliding portions of the compressor parts has a hard carbon coating formed thereon with a hydrogen content of 20 atomic % or less.

Abstract: A low-friction sliding member in a transmission is at least one of sliding members which are in slidable contact with each other in presence of a transmission oil composition. The low-friction sliding member includes a base material having a sliding section. A hard carbon thin film is coated at a sliding surface of the sliding section of the base material. The hard carbon thin film contains hydrogen in an amount not more than 20 atomic %. The transmission oil composition contains at least one of organic oxygen-containing compound and aliphatic amine compound.

Abstract: This invention provides methods of forming new blood vessels in diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, methods of increasing blood flow to diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, and methods of increasing angiogenesis in diseased tissue in a subject, which methods comprise: a) isolating autologous bone marrow-mononuclear cells from the subject; and b) transplanting locally into the diseased or damaged tissue an effective amount of the autologous bone-marrow mononuclear cells, thereby forming new blood vessels in the diseased or damaged tissue. The new blood vessels may be capillaries or collateral vessels in ischemic tissue or any site of angiogenesis. Also provided are methods of treating tissue in disease or injury by local transplantation with an effective amount of the autologous bone marrow-mononuclear cells so as to induce vascularization in such diseased tissue.

Abstract: A low-friction sliding member such as a piston, a piston ring, a piston skirt section and a cylinder liner section of an internal combustion engine. The low-friction sliding member includes a base material having a surface. A hard carbon thin film is formed at at least a part of the surface of the base material. Here, a tribo-film having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ether linkage, oxido and hydroxyl group is formed on the hard carbon thin film when the hard carbon thin film is in slidable contact with an opposite member in presence of an organic oxygen-containing compound.

Abstract: The metal complex-protein composite of the present invention includes a protein having a cavity and a metal complex and has a specific structure that the metal complex is received in the cavity of the protein. Here the metal complex is prepared by complexation of a metal ion, which is selected among the group consisting of rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium, with a ligand. The metal complex-protein composite of the invention functions as a hydrogenation catalyst of an olefin in water. The metal complex-protein composite is thus effectively applied to hydrogenation of water-soluble substrates and has environmental advantages over organic solvents.

Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter to be percutaneously inserted into a living body lumen, which includes a sheath portion having a lumen extending therein, an insertion member slidably disposed in the lumen of the sheath portion and having a distal end portion capable of protruding from a distal end portion of the sheath portion, an injection needle disposed at the distal end portion of the insertion member for injecting a therapeutic composition into a target tissue, and an electrode disposed at a distal end portion of the catheter for measuring a cardiac action potential.

Abstract: A transmission oil composition for an automobile characterized in that it contains a base oil selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil, a synthetic oil and mixtures thereof; and a phosphate compound selected from the group consisting of (A) a zinc dithiophosphate having a hydrocarbon group, (B) a triaryl phosphate (C) a triaryl thiophosphate, and mixtures thereof at 0.1 to 15.0% by mass with respect to the total composition; wherein the composition has a volume resistivity of 1×107 ohm·m or more at 80° C.

Abstract: First digital data (4) obtained by encoding a low-resolution digital video signal at a low-resolution compression encoder (13) and second digital data (5) obtained by encoding a high-resolution digital video signal at a high-resolution compression encoder (16) are multiplexed and transmitted with information relating to programs wherein identification information for identifying both digital data (4, 5) is described, and at a receiving (22) side, the first and second digital data are identified on the basis of the identification information, and are reproduced by corresponding decoders (28, 30). Therefore, when image of different resolutions is transmitted by multiplexing, it is possible to reproduce data correctly at the receiving side, thereby increasing freedom in program composition.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus updates the encryption method in the event the encryption method is broken. The tool ID of a decryption tool for encrypted data is acquired, the presence of the tool is confirmed and the tool is then acquired and updated, and encrypted data is processed and transmitted based on rights information associated with the encrypted data.

Abstract: A method achieves high performance MPEG-2 video variable length decoding as to improve MPEG-2 video decoding process on the whole. The method includes parsing bits, Huffman code decoding for macroblock address increment, decoding motion code, and decoding macroblocks including intra and non-intra macroblocks. This is suitable to any application that are compliant with MPEG-2 MP@ML or MP@ HL video standard. For example, in PC-DTV receiver application, with properly configured PC, one can receive DTV program in real time.

Abstract: The image decoding apparatus includes first clock reproducing means 20 for reproducing the first clock signal 21 from a time stamp signal 19 extracted from a digital transport stream 5, decoding means 8 for decoding a digital video stream 7 and outputting the first digital video signal 9 synchronizing with the first clock signal 21 and having the first frame frequency, graphic generating means 10, overlaying means 12 for overlaying the first digital video signal 9 and the graphic signal 11 and outputting the first overlaid digital video signal 15 synchronizing with the first clock signal 21, and digital-to-analog converting means 16 for converting the first overlaid digital video signal 15 into an analog signal 17, and an image without any missing frames or display disturbances can be provided even when the digital video signal and the graphic signal are displayed being overlaid.