Abstract: Provided are a film for a vacuum heat insulating material which has better gas barrier property as compared with conventional films for a vacuum heat insulating material and which is capable of retaining the excellent gas barrier property even after having been subjected to a folding or deforming process, and a vacuum heat insulating material having a core material hermetically packaged with the film. The film includes a protective layer that is a coextruded and stretched film in which a nylon-based resin, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a nylon-based resin are laminated in this order, a gas barrier layer, and a heat seal layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent that is useful for preventing periodontal disease. The pharmaceutical agent contains a compound in which a mucin-type sugar chain-binding lectin is bound to a polypeptide having an integrin recognition sequence.

Abstract: A pressure detection device includes a case unit which has therein an accommodation space and a pressure introduction passage, and a pressure detection unit having a detection surface for detecting a pressure applied thereto. Two ends of the pressure introduction passage respectively have a first opening portion which is opened toward the accommodation space, and a second opening portion which is opened toward an exterior of the case unit. The pressure detection unit is accommodated in the accommodation space. The pressure introduction passage further has a third opening portion which is opened toward the exterior. The pressure detection unit is disposed to detect the pressure, with the first opening portion and the third opening portion being positioned at an upper side of the second opening portion.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a collision detection apparatus for a vehicle has a vehicular member, a pressure sensor, and a shock absorbing member. The vehicular member defines a closed space therein. The shock absorbing member is disposed between the pressure sensor and a wall of the vehicular member. The pressure sensor is mounted to the wall of the vehicular member through the shock absorbing member in the closed space. The shock absorbing member is for example a nail-shaped spring member. Alternatively, the shock absorbing member can be a spacer having rubber elasticity.

Abstract: A pressure detection device includes a case unit which has therein an accommodation space and a pressure introduction passage, and a pressure detection unit having a detection surface for detecting a pressure applied thereto. Two ends of the pressure introduction passage respectively have a first opening portion which is opened toward the accommodation space, and a second opening portion which is opened toward an exterior of the case unit. The pressure detection unit is accommodated in the accommodation space. The pressure introduction passage further has a third opening portion which is opened toward the exterior. The pressure detection unit is disposed to detect the pressure, with the first opening portion and the third opening portion being positioned at an upper side of the second opening portion.

Abstract: A film image reproducing apparatus for reproducing images recorded on successive frames of a film includes: an illuminator which illuminates the film; a detector which detects an illuminating characteristic of the illuminator; a recorder which records the illuminating characteristic detected by the detector on the film; a reader which reads the recorded illuminating characteristic; a setter which sets based on the characteristic recorded on the film a condition for picking up a film image; and a picking-up device which picks up the film image at the set picking-up condition.

Abstract: A suspension control system capable of controlling a suspension of an automotive vehicle in such a manner as to improve the riding comfort and maneuverability of the vehicle without the need for many sensors is disclosed, in which a speed difference signal obtained by subtracting an estimated vehicle speed from a wheel speed is filtered with band-pass filters which pass sprung resonance frequency components and unsprung resonance frequency components, respectively. After amplification, the filtered speed difference are compared with a reference value so that a damping force of a shock absorber is set in accordance with a road surface condition. Since the damping force of the shock absorber is shifter by using only information based on the wheel speed detected by a wheel speed sensor, a total number of sensor to be mounted on the vehicle for controlling the suspension can be considerably reduced. The suspension control system is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a relatively low cost.

Abstract: The minimum fuel injection time is on electronically controlled fuel injection engine is set in relation to the running condition of the engine. For example, in shift change, when the throttle valve is in the idling angle and the revolution speed of the engine is high, the minimum fuel injection time is set to a small value to improve the efficiency of fuel consumption. Also, at the completion of fuel cut-off when the revolution speed of the engine is low, the minimum fuel injection time is set to a large value to improve the driveability of the vehicle.