Abstract: Disclosed are a tissue filler and tissue reconstruction method using the same that enables missing or reduced tissue of a body to recover to a normal state thereof, and the tissue filler comprised by mixing mesenchymal stem cells into a hydrochloric acid solution of atherocollagen.

Abstract: Provided herein are various suspension devices and associated methods and apparatus to open loops (or form opened loops) in a chain of linked products suspended from one or more suspension devices in a conveyor system. In one implementation, a suspension device for a chain of linked products includes a link support portion pivotally coupled to a conveyor, the link support portion configured to suspend a portion of the chain of linked products therefrom and comprising a lower portion downwardly extending from the link support portion. The lower portion is configured to engage a portion of a respective link of the chain upon a pivoting motion of the link support portion about a pivot axis in order to open a respective loop suspended from the link support portion to an unloading orientation for unloading.

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a stick with a food product such as a sausage suspended therefrom includes: a stick supplying device for transferring onto a stick a sausage suspended from a loop forming device and for subsequently supplying the stick with the sausage suspended therefrom to a stick supporting and relaying device; the stick supporting and relaying device for temporarily placing thereon and supporting the stick; the transferring device for transferring the stick from the stick supporting and relaying device to a conveying device; the conveying device for conveying the stick to a stick delivering device; the stick delivering device for sequentially delivering to a swiveling device each leading one of a plurality of sticks which have been conveyed in parallel by the conveying device; the swiveling device for swiveling the stick about a swiveling axis; and a stick taking-off device for sequentially taking off the stick from the swiveling device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface, comprising the steps of: heating the solid particles having a melting point or a decomposition point higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin, to a temperature higher than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin, bringing the heated solid particles into contact with the fiber while maintaining the temperature of the heated solid particles higher than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin to bond the solid particles to a fiber surface by fusing the fiber surface, and cooling the fused fiber carrying the solid particle to affix the solid particles to the fiber surface. Further, an apparatus of manufacturing the same, and a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface, comprising the steps of: heating the solid particles having a melting point or a decomposition point higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin, to a temperature higher than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin, bringing the heated solid particles into contact with the fiber while maintaining the temperature of the heated solid particles higher than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin to bond the solid particles to a fiber surface by fusing the fiber surface, and cooling the fused fiber carrying the solid particle to affix the solid particles to the fiber surface. Further, an apparatus of manufacturing the same, and a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention is intended to the regeneration of an air sinus having a function which is not only morphologically important but also physiologically important, to provide a base material for regenerating a wall of an air sinus having a composition and a structure similar to the wall and bone structure which becomes a scaffold of the regeneration of the mucosa tissue covering the surface of an air sinus, and to provide method for regenerating an air sinus using said base material for regeneration. That is, the present invention is a base material for regenerating an air sinus characterized by having a continuous three-dimensional honeycomb structure, and having bioavailability and method for regenerating an air sinus using it.

Abstract: A cationized supporting material 2 is immersed into a treatment solution containing a level dyeing agent, and then immersed into a treatment solution containing a metal phthalocyanine complex and then dried to thereby obtain an odor eliminating material 1. Alternatively, a cationized supporting material 2 is immersed into a treatment solution containing a metal phthalocyanine complex and a migration inhibitor and then dried to thereby obtain an odor eliminating material 1. The odor eliminating material exerts excellent odor elimination performance against ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, acetic acid and acetaldehyde.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tissue filler and tissue reconstruction method using the same that enables missing or reduced tissue of a body to recover to a normal state thereof, and the tissue filler comprised by mixing mesenchymal stem cells into a hydrochloric acid solution of atherocollagen.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive composition for an infrared laser used for direct plate making, which has high sensitivity and good developing latitude and storage stability, and provides a planographic printing plate in which this composition is used. The positive-type photosensitive composition of the present invention has (a) a macromolecular compound having alkali-soluble groups and (b) a compound that has a phthalocyanine skeleton and has in its molecule at least one group which can form a bond by interaction with an alkali-soluble group in the macromolecular compound (a).

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an artificial trachea that is able to be used safely in the clinical application, and especially an artificial trachea for the intrathoracic trachea, and the artificial trachea comprises a polypropylene mesh tube for the base material, around the outer periphery of which a polypropylene filamentous stent is wound in a spiral shape, an amorphous collagen thin layer formed on the surface of the base material, and a fine fibrous collagen layer (20) formed on the inner and outer surface of the amorphous collagen thin layer, to which thermal dehydration crosslinking is performed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface, comprising the steps of:

Abstract: A line pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission comprises: a target line pressure setting part that sets a target value of a line pressure, which is able to adjust a clamping force applied to a transmission member of the continuously variable transmission; and an engine torque suppressing part that suppresses an engine torque to prevent the transmission member from slipping. When it is impossible to suppress the engine torque and thus a torque non-suppressible flag is set, the target value of the line pressure is corrected to a greater value to prevent the transmission member from slipping. Otherwise, the target value of the line pressure is set to a smaller value. This makes it possible to surely prevent the transmission member from slipping.

Abstract: A positive-type photosensitive composition that has high sensitivity, good latitude in development, and good storage stability and is for use in a direct plate production process using an infrared laser and a novel anionic infrared-ray absorbing agent suitable therefor. This composition comprises (a) an anionic, infrared-ray absorbing agent represented by general formula (I) and (b) a polymeric compound that is insoluble in water but soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution so that the composition becomes soluble in the aqueous alkaline solution when irradiated with the infrared laser. In the general formula (I) given below, M represents a conjugated chain, Ga− represents an anionic substituent group, Gb represents a neutral substituent group, and Xm+ represents a cation including a portion, the cation having a valence of from 1 to m, wherein m represents an integer ranging from 1 to 6.

Abstract: The present invention is an image recording material characterized in that it contains (a) a compound that is decomposed by light or heat and produces an acid, (b) a crosslinking agent that crosslinks in the presence of an acid, (c) a high-polymer compound insoluble in water but soluble in an alkali aqueous solution, and (d) the anionic infrared absorbing agent expressed by general formula (I) or general formula (II) below. In the formulas, M represents a conjugated chain, Ga− represents an anionic substituent, Gb represents a neutral substituent, Xm+1 represents a hydrogen ion or a cation of m valence, and m represents an integer from 1 to 6.

Abstract: A line pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission comprises: a target line pressure setting part that sets a target value of a line pressure, which is able to adjust a clamping force applied to a transmission member of the continuously variable transmission; and an engine torque suppressing part that suppresses an engine torque to prevent the transmission member from slipping. When it is impossible to suppress the engine torque and thus a torque non-suppressible flag is set, the target value of the line pressure is corrected to a greater value to prevent the transmission member from slipping. Otherwise, the target value of the line pressure is set to a smaller value. This makes it possible to surely prevent the transmission member from slipping.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive-type photosensitive composition that has high sensitivity, good latitude in development, and good storage stability and is for use in a direct plate production process using an infrared laser and a novel anionic infrared-ray absorbing agent suitable therefor. This composition comprises (a) an anionic, infrared-ray absorbing agent and (b) a polymeric compound that is insoluble in water but soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution so that the composition becomes soluble in the aqueous alkaline solution when irradiated with the infrared laser. Preferably, (a) the anionic, infrared-ray absorbing agent is (a-1) an anionic metal complex, (a-2) an anionic carbon black, (a-3) an anionic phthalocyanine, or (a-4) a compound represented by the general formula (I) given below. More preferably, from the standpoint of sensitivity, a counter cation of (a) the anionic, infrared-ray absorbing agent has a construction of a thermally decomposable onium salt.

Abstract: A laminated deodorant filter medium is constituted by a plurality of laminate units laminated together; each of which includes a fiber web constituted by a connecting portion and a resin-aggregating portion, both of which are made of a hotmelt resin, and a deodorant particle firmly attached to one surface of the fiber web by way of the resin-aggregating portion. Employable as the deodorant particle is at least two kinds of deodorant particles including an acidic odor deodorant particle, an alkaline odor deodorant particle, and a physically adsorbing particle. As the resin-aggregating portion is formed at a part where a hotmelt nonwoven fabric and the deodorant particle are in contact with each other, the deodorant particle can be firmly attached to the fiber web as a single layer without using a binder, whereby a deodorant filter medium having a low pressure loss and high efficiency can be obtained.

Abstract: The negative working image recording image recording material of the present invention is a negative working image recording material comprising (A) a compound which acts as a cross-linking agent in the presence of an acid, (B) a binder polymer, (C) a compound which generates an acid by the action of heat and (D) an infrared absorber, wherein (A) the compound which acts as a cross-linking agent in the presence of an acid is a phenol derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) wherein each of the groups is defined and wherein (B) the binder polymer is a polymer having in the side chain an aromatic hydrocarbon ring having directly linked thereto a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group if (A) is a phenol derivative represented by the general formula (I), but (B) the binder polymer is a polymer having in the main chain or the side chain an aromatic hydrocarbon ring having directly linked thereto a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group if (A) is a phenol derivative represented by the general formul

Abstract: In an operation apparatus for a vehicle transmission in which a shift lever and a control shaft of the transmission are operably connected by a shift cable and a select cable, a shift finger is mounted on the control shaft, and shift rags engaging with the shift finger are mounted on the forward and reverse shift rails, a block plate is mounted to the control shaft. A detent pin, which is pressed and moved by the block plate when moving the control shaft for selecting the reverse shift rail, is provided. Further, the detent pin is provided with a shock absorber so that the resistance is increased at rapid operation of the block plate and decreased at slow operation of the block plate.

Abstract: A feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adjacent to one another for transferring and opening the fiber material fed from the feeder 1 and having metallic wires 2a mounted to the surface thereof, a conveyor 7 arranged for receiving the opened fiber unloaded from the fiber opening cylinder 2n mounted at the outlet end, and a suction box 8 arranged beneath the conveyor 7 for drawing the opened fiber towards the conveyor 7 by a sucking action. The fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n being enclosed in a housing 3 which has fiber transfer openings 4 between any two adjacent fiber opening cylinders and a fiber releasing opening 5 for unloading the opened fiber from the last fiber opening cylinder 2n. At least one of the fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n is driven to produce a centrifugal acceleration of more than 3.4.times.10.sup.5 cm/sec.sup.