Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a treating tank; a plurality of storage containers in each of which a paraffin bottle for storing a paraffin is housed; a constant temperature rack that houses the storage containers, and heats the paraffin to hold the paraffin in a molten state; and a paraffin pipeline that branches from the treating tank, in which in the storage containers, a treatment container in which the paraffin to be transported to the treating tank is housed and a standby container in which the paraffin not to be transported to treating tank is housed, are disposed, and the paraffin pipeline is connected to the paraffin bottle to be housed in the treatment container.

Abstract: A sample pipe is provided in a sample temperature control pipe. A detection coil is provided in a low-temperature airtight chamber and configured to irradiate a sample with a high-frequency magnetic field. A room-temperature shield is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the sample temperature control pipe or on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and is configured to block irradiation of the high-frequency magnetic field from the detection coil from reaching a region other than an observation object. A low-temperature shield is provided in an airtight chamber and between the detection coil and the room-temperature shield and is configured to block irradiation of the high-frequency magnetic field from the detection coil from reaching the room-temperature shield.

Abstract: A sample pipe is provided in a sample temperature control pipe. A detection coil is provided in a low-temperature airtight chamber and configured to irradiate a sample with a high-frequency magnetic field. A room-temperature shield is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the sample temperature control pipe or on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and is configured to block irradiation of the high-frequency magnetic field from the detection coil from reaching a region other than an observation object. A low-temperature shield is provided in an airtight chamber and between the detection coil and the room-temperature shield and is configured to block irradiation of the high-frequency magnetic field from the detection coil from reaching the room-temperature shield.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus such as an NMR measurement apparatus, when a frequency of an observation nucleus falls within a high frequency band, an RF reception signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal, and is input to an analog-to-digital converter. In this case, under-sampling is executed for the intermediate frequency signal in the analog-to-digital converter, and a second-order aliased signal component generated from a target signal component is observed. On the other hand, when the frequency of the observation nucleus falls within a low frequency band, over-sampling for the RF reception signal is executed.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus, a plurality of transmission signals are combined to generate a digital combined signal. The digital combined signal is converted into an analog combined signal by a D/A converter. The signal includes, for example, a first pulse of a rectangular shape and a second pulse of a mountain shape. During measurement, an operation of a dynamic variable attenuator is changed immediately after the first pulse. With this process, the second pulse is suppressed, and a suppressed second pulse is generated.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus, a plurality of transmission signals are combined to generate a digital combined signal. The digital combined signal is converted into an analog combined signal by a D/A converter. The signal includes, for example, a first pulse of a rectangular shape and a second pulse of a mountain shape. During measurement, an operation of a dynamic variable attenuator is changed immediately after the first pulse. With this process, the second pulse is suppressed, and a suppressed second pulse is generated.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus such as an NMR measurement apparatus, when a frequency of an observation nucleus falls within a high frequency band, an RF reception signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal, and is input to an analog-to-digital converter. In this case, under-sampling is executed for the intermediate frequency signal in the analog-to-digital converter, and a second-order aliased signal component generated from a target signal component is observed. On the other hand, when the frequency of the observation nucleus falls within a low frequency band, over-sampling for the RF reception signal is executed.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a plurality of mixer units, a plurality of scale processing units, and an enable signal processing unit. A mixer unit of the plurality of the plurality of mixer units selects one of an output of another mixer unit of the plurality of mixer units, and an output image of a scale processing unit of the plurality of scale processing units to generate a composite image.

Abstract: Endoglucanase characterized by a decreased degree of activity inhibition by a lignin-derived aromatic compound, and prepared by substituting tryptophan at position 273 in the amino acid sequence of wild-type thermophilic bacterium-derived endoglucanase with an amino acid other than aromatic amino acids.

Abstract: An image processing device and image processing method that are capable of generating a stereoscopic image with limited system resources. Mask information defines a display region so that substantially the same number of pixels in first image data and second image data are displayed while the pixels are dispersed substantially uniformly. A mixer unit references the mask information and mixes the first image data with the second image data to generate output image data, which is a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: Endoglucanase characterized by a decreased degree of activity inhibition by a lignin-derived aromatic compound, and prepared by substituting tryptophan at position 273 in the amino acid sequence of wild-type thermophilic bacterium-derived endoglucanase with an amino acid other than aromatic amino acids.

Abstract: An image processing device and image processing method that are capable of generating a stereoscopic image with limited system resources. Mask information defines a display region so that substantially the same number of pixels in first image data and second image data are displayed while the pixels are dispersed substantially uniformly. A mixer unit references the mask information and mixes the first image data with the second image data to generate output image data, which is a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: A navigation device simultaneously displays two screens of maps on a common display unit and includes a map data storage unit for storing map data and a resolution conversion unit for converting the resolution of the map data acquired from the map data storage unit. The display unit has a predetermined display area for displaying a map based on the map data with its resolution having been converted.

Abstract: A navigation device including a registration unit for registering an index designated by a user's operation and data of a spot coordinate in association with each other, and a display for displaying a plurality of registered indexes as a list, the display displaying, together with the list, a digital map of a spot coordinate corresponding to an active index selected from the list of indexes.

Abstract: There is provided a navigation device for simultaneously displaying two screens of maps on a common display unit, the device comprising a map data storage unit for storing map data, and a resolution conversion unit for converting the resolution of the map data acquired from the map data storage unit, wherein the display unit has a predetermined display area for displaying a map based on the map data with its resolution converted. A map displaying method and an image display device are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a navigation device comprising registration means for registering an index designated by a user's operation and data of a spot coordinate in association with each other, and display means for displaying a plurality of registered indexes as a list, the display means displaying, together with the list, a digital map of a spot coordinate corresponding to an active index selected from the indexes. A digital map display system and a digital map displaying method are also provided.

Abstract: A method of making varistor chips is disclosed. A workpiece of varistor material is sliced into slices of varistor material. The slices are in turn diced to make the varistor chips. The chips are etched in an etchant such as dilute citric acid to remove from their surfaces varistor material damaged during the slicing and/or dicing operations. Otherwise, the damaged varistor material adversely affects the leakage current characteristics of the varistor chips.