Abstract: A heating device for heating a component in a turbo molecular pump for exhausting a gas includes a heat transfer member, a heater, a first seal member and a second seal member. The heat transfer member is provided in an opening of a housing of the turbo molecular pump and has one end fixed to the component and the other end exposed to an outside. The heater in the heat transfer member heats the component through the heat transfer member. The first seal member is provided between the heat transfer member and the opening along an outer peripheral surface of the heat transfer member. The second seal member between the heat transfer member and the opening is located close to the component compared to the first seal member. The second seal member suppresses movement of radicals in a gas into a space between the heat transfer member and the opening.

Abstract: A heating device for heating a component in a turbo molecular pump for exhausting a gas includes a heat transfer member, a heater, a first seal member and a second seal member. The heat transfer member is provided in an opening of a housing of the turbo molecular pump and has one end fixed to the component and the other end exposed to an outside. The heater in the heat transfer member heats the component through the heat transfer member. The first seal member is provided between the heat transfer member and the opening along an outer peripheral surface of the heat transfer member. The second seal member between the heat transfer member and the opening is located close to the component compared to the first seal member. The second seal member suppresses movement of radicals in a gas into a space between the heat transfer member and the opening.

Abstract: Provided is: a cell culture membrane, which is free from materials derived from living organisms, can easily be industrially mass-produced, exhibits superior long-term storage properties and chemical resistance, has excellent cell adhesion properties and long-term culture properties and is capable of replicating a cell adhesion morphology that is similar to that of collagen derived from living organisms and being used for conventional cell cultivation. Also provided are a cell culture substrate, and a method for manufacturing the cell culture substrate. In the present invention, as a cell adhesion layer, a polymer membrane represented by formula (I) is formed on the base of a cell culture substrate so as to have a membrane thickness equal to or greater than 0.2 ?m (in the formula, R1 and R2 represent a —(CH2)n—NH2 moiety (n is an integer of 1-10 inclusive.) or H, with at least one of R1 and R2 being a —(CH2)n—NH2 moiety. Moreover, l and m are positive integers expressing polymerization degree).

Abstract: Disclosed is a controlled release nucleated tablet which is composed of an inner nucleus and an outer layer that covers the inner nucleus and is capable of maintaining the level of 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid in the blood to a certain value or higher for a long period of time. The controlled release nucleated tablet is characterized in that the inner nucleus contains 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid and the outer layer contains 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid and a gel-forming water-soluble polymer that is in an amount of 16 (w/w) % or more relative to the weight of the outer layer.

Abstract: Provided is: a cell culture membrane, which is free from materials derived from living organisms, can easily be industrially mass-produced, exhibits superior long-term storage properties and chemical resistance, has excellent cell adhesion properties and long-term culture properties and is capable of replicating a cell adhesion morphology that is similar to that of collagen derived from living organisms and being used for conventional cell cultivation. Also provided are a cell culture substrate, and a method for manufacturing the cell culture substrate. In the present invention, as a cell adhesion layer, a polymer membrane represented by formula (I) is formed on the base of a cell culture substrate so as to have a membrane thickness equal to or greater than 0.2 ?m (in the formula, R1 and R2 represent a —(CH2)n—NH2 moiety (n is an integer of 1-10 inclusive.) or H, with at least one of R1 and R2 being a —(CH2)n—NH2 moiety. Moreover, l and m are positive integers expressing polymerization degree).

Abstract: Disclosed is a controlled release nucleated tablet which is composed of an inner nucleus and an outer layer that covers the inner nucleus and is capable of maintaining the level of 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid in the blood to a certain value or higher for a long period of time. The controlled release nucleated tablet is characterized in that the inner nucleus contains 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid and the outer layer contains 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid and a gel-forming water-soluble polymer that is in an amount of 16 (w/w) % or more relative to the weight of the outer layer.

Abstract: A method for improving the heat stability of polyparaxylylene and a derivative film thereof to improve the heat resistance of the polyparaxylylene and the derivative film thereof without deteriorating deposition characteristics or profitability, and a polyparaxylylene derivative whose heat resistance is improved are provided. When the polyparaxylylene or the derivative film thereof represented by a below-described general formula 1 is formed by a chemical vapor deposition method, an amino-(2.2)-paracyclophane compound represented by a below-described general formula 3 is mixed in a (2.2)-paracyclophane compound represented by a below-described general formula 2 to form a film. (In the formula 1, X1 and X2 designate hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen. X1 and X2 may be the same or different. n represents a degree of polymerization.) (In the formula 2, X1 and X2 have the same meanings as those of the formula 1.) (In the formula 3, X3 designates hydrogen or a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes a charging section 10 for charging a feedstock material for vapor deposition, a decomposition oven 2 for decomposing a feedstock material for vapor deposition, an opening/closing valve 4 for interconnecting the charging section 10 and the decomposition oven 2, and a polymerization section 3 for polymerizing the feedstock material decomposed by the decomposition oven for depositing a coating film on the surface of a substrate. The feedstock material for vapor deposition charged into the charging section 10 is vaporized, and the so vaporized feedstock material is delivered to the decomposition oven 2 by opening the opening/closing valve 4 to deposit the coating film.

Abstract: A method for improving the heat stability of polyparaxylylene and a derivative film thereof to improve the heat resistance of the polyparaxylylene and the derivative film thereof without deteriorating deposition characteristics or profitability, and a polyparaxylylene derivative whose heat resistance is improved are provided. When the polyparaxylylene or the derivative film thereof represented by a below-described general formula 1 is formed by a chemical vapor deposition method, an amino-(2.2)-paracyclophane compound represented by a below-described general formula 3 is mixed in a (2.2)-paracyclophane compound represented by a below-described general formula 2 to form a film. (In the formula 1, X1 and X2 designate hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen. X1 and X2 may be the same or different. n represents a degree of polymerization.) (In the formula 2, X1 and X2 have the same meanings as those of the formula 1.) (In the formula 3, X3 designates hydrogen or a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with an interlayer insulating film consisting essentially of poly-&agr;,&agr;-difluoroparaxylylene. The interlayer insulating film can have a low relative dielectric constant of from 2.1 to 2.7.

Abstract: In order to provide an optical pick-up capable of carrying out write and read operations of information signals with respect to plural kinds of optical discs in which thicknesses of transparent bases are different from each other and simple in configuration, a first object lens 7a for converging light beams from a first light source onto an optical disc 101 of the first kind and a second object lens 7b for converging light beams from a second light source 6 onto an optical disc 102 of the second kind are provided on the same lens bobbin 8. The lens bobbin 8 is movably supported by the columnar support shaft and is caused to undergo movement operation by magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A disc player provided with an optical pick-up including plural object lens so that write and read operations of information signals can be carried out with respect to plural kinds of discs in which thicknesses of transparent bases are different from each other. In order that tracking error signal can be satisfactorily detected even in the case where either one of object lenses is used, a biaxial actuator 3 for supporting an object lens 5 moved on a line which is off the central axis C of a spindle motor 17 is disposed in a manner inclined by a predetermined angle .theta. with respect to the axis of a guide shaft 18, and movement operation direction of the object lens 5 is caused to be close to the direction perpendicular to recording tracks of the optical disc caused to undergo rotational operation by the spindle motor 17.

Abstract: An optical pickup in an optical disc device configured for recording and/or reproducing signal on or from an optical disc. The optical pickup is configured for setting the orientation of a bending mirror directing the optical path of a light beam radiated from a light source towards the optical disc so that the optical path between the reflecting surface of the mirror and the photodetector is approximately 45 relative to the recording track of the optical disc. With the above configuration of the optical pickup, focusing error signals and tracking error signals of plural discs of different types can be detected by a common photodetector.

Abstract: A disc-thickness-and-warp detecting apparatus includes a light source for emitting rays onto a peripheral portion of an optical disc; a photo-detector having a plurality of photo-detecting portions separated corresponding to the direction of tracks formed on the disc, for detecting rays emitted from the light source and reflected by the disc; an adding circuit for generating a sum-signal by adding the detection-signals from the respective photo-receiving portions; and a subtracting circuit for generating a difference-signal by performing the subtraction of the detection-signals from the respective photo-receiving portions. The apparatus uses such common detecting means to detect the distance between the disc surface and the signal-recording surface and a warp of the disc.

Abstract: A benzopyran derivative represented by the formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt: ##STR1## wherein either one of X and Y stands for the following formula ##STR2## and the other one of X and Y and R.sup.1 -R.sup.10 stand for various substituents,and ACAT inhibitor, anti-hyperlipidemia agent and anti-atherosclerosis agent compositions containing the same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing a benzoxazole compound and a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compound represented by the following formula (I) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt: ##STR1## In the formula, any one of P, Q, R and S is a group represented by the formula: ##STR2## and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and the reining three substituents out of the substituents P to S each independently stand for various substituents. These compositions are used as an ATCAT inhibitor or for treating hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.

Abstract: In an electromagnetic flowmeter one of two electrodes mounted on a measuring pipe is impressed with an electrical pulse synchronous with the switching of an excitation currrent, thereby detecting the voltage drop across the electrical resistance of a fluid, such that both the conductivity and the flow rate of the fluid are measureable at the same time.

Abstract: In preparing miso like albumin rich foodstuff raw material, malt of rice or the like is sterilized with ethyl alcohol or an aqueous solution thereof, the sterilized malt is admixed with steamed or boiled soya beans and the resulting mixture is aged at a temperature of 20.degree. C.-50.degree. C. for about one week or more.