Abstract: Disclosed is an optical information processor having high-speed reading property by improving responsivity and extension of the frequency band width of a photodiode prepared on one identical substrate together with other semiconductor integrated circuit device. To extend the frequency band width, a buried layer of a photodiode portion is deeply implanted or the impurity concentration of the buried layer is lowered. To improve the responsivity, the thickness of the oxide layer of the SOI substrate is selected such that the reflected light is maximized.

Abstract: A cyclic amine compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkoxy group; W1 and W2 each independently represent N or CH; X represents O, NR4, CONR4 or NR4CO; R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaralkyl group; and l, m and n each represents a number of 0 or 1, a salt thereof and a hydrate thereof are provided. These compounds have inhibitory effects on both cell adhesion and cell infiltration and are useful as anti-asthmatic agents, anti-allergic agents, anti-rheumatic agents, anti-arteriosclerotic agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-Sjogren's syndrome agents or the like.

Abstract: A variable capacitor includes a driver member including one metal sheet, a head having a driver groove provided therein, engagement portions engaged with a rotor, and a spring function portion in pressure-contact with the rotor are integral with each other. The spring function portion includes a first plate portion extending from one end of the head, which is bent in the first bending portion, and elongated, passing a center shaft, and a second plate portion extending from the end of the first plate portion, which is bent in the second bending portion, and elongated, passing the center shaft. The second plate portion functions as a pressure-contact portion for the rotor.

Abstract: A variable resistor is constructed to prevent bending strain from spreading to the conductive portions to a resistor when bending is executed with respect to the external connection portions of metallic terminals. The variable resistor provides a low-profile variable resistor capable of stabilizing the electrical connection between the metallic terminals and the resistor. This variable resistor includes metallic terminals insert-molded in a board, and a slider sliding on the resistor disposed on the board. The slider is rotatably installed on the board by caulking the grommet disposed on a first metallic terminal,and the conductive portions of second metallic terminals are conductive to the resistor. Each of the external connection portions is extended out of the bottom of the board, and is folded upwardly at the position of the corresponding notch.

Abstract: A variable capacitor includes a driver member including one metal sheet, a head having a driver groove provided therein, engagement portions engaged with a rotor, and a spring function portion in pressure-contact with the rotor are integral with each other. The spring function portion includes a first plate portion extending from one end of the head, which is bent in the first bending portion, and elongated, passing a center shaft, and a second plate portion extending from the end of the first plate portion, which is bent in the second bending portion, and elongated, passing the center shaft. The second plate portion functions as a pressure-contact portion for the rotor.

Abstract: A variable resistor is constructed to prevent bending strain from spreading to the conductive portions to a resistor when bending is executed with respect to the external connection portions of metallic terminals. The variable resistor provides a low-profile variable resistor capable of stabilizing the electrical connection between the metallic terminals and the resistor. This variable resistor includes metallic terminals insert-molded in a board, and a slider sliding on the resistor disposed on the board. The slider is rotatably installed on the board by caulking the grommet disposed on a first metallic terminal, and the conductive portions of second metallic terminals are conductive to the resistor. Each of the external connection portions is extended out of the bottom of the board, and is folded upwardly at the position of the corresponding notch.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting suspicious portions of digital mammograms by using independently calculated mass and spiculation information is disclosed. The method is for use in a computer aided diagnosis system that is designed to bring suspicious or possibly cancerous lesions in fibrous breast tissue to the attention of a radiologist or other medical professional. In a preferred embodiment, spiculation information and mass information are independently calculated, with the computed spiculation information not being dependent on results of the mass information computation, thus leading to greater reliability. Systems according to a preferred embodiment also compute spiculation information either prior to, or concurrently with, the computation of mass information, thus allowing increased overall system speed.

Abstract: The present invention aims at proposing a method of slicing a semiconductor wafer and an apparatus therefor which can manufacture a bowl-shaped wafer. When the blade displacement is detected with the sensor 32, the displacement value of the blade 14 to the outer peripheral edge of the ingot 18 is obtained by the control unit 26. The air pad 30 is moved under controlling the air pressure control device 36 by the control unit 26 to make the blade displacement at the outer peripheral edge zero. As a result of this, the displacement of the wafer at the outer peripheral edge becomes zero, so that a bowl-shaped wafer can be manufactured.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to recombinant the IL-21R.beta. chain or fragments thereof, cDNA coding therefore, vectors containing said cDNA, hosts transfected by said vectors, and monoclonal antibodies to said recombinant IL-2R.beta. or fragments thereof.

Abstract: Thrombin-binding substances capable of promoting anti-thrombin III activity and inhibiting platelet aggregation, and by themselves possessing anti-thrombin activity are disclosed. The thrombin-binding substances are useful as an effective component of anticoagulant agents, and can be produced inexpensively on a large scale.

Abstract: Recombinant thrombin-binding substances, derived from thrombomodulin by modification of the c-terminal glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding site and capable of promoting anti-thrombin III activity and inhibiting platelet aggregation, and by themselves possessing anti-thrombin activity are disclosed. The thrombin-binding substances are useful as an effective component of anticoagulant agents, and can be produced inexpensively in a large scale.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to recombinant IL-2R.mu. protein or fragments thereof, cDNA coding therefore, vectors containing this cDNA, hosts transfected by these vectors, and monocional antibodies to the encoded recombinant IL-2R.mu. protein or fragments thereof.

Abstract: A thermally reactive water-soluble urethane prepolymer having a plurality of masked isocyanate groups capable of regenerating free isocyanate groups at an elevated temperature, said urethane prepolymer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is an organic bridging group having a valency from 3 to 5,X is the residue of an active hydrogen compound having 2 to 4 active hydrogen atoms with removal of said active hydrogen atoms,Y is a masking group for isocyanate group,Z is the residue of a compound having at least one active hydrogen atom and at least one ionizable group with removal of said active hydrogen atom,a is an integer from 2 to 4, andb and c are such that the sum of b+c equals 2 to 4 and the products of ab and ac are at least 2 and at least 1, respectively.