Abstract: A cowl structure for a vehicle, which includes: a box-section cross member under a windshield of the vehicle; an extension member extending frontward from a base wall of the cross member; and a wiper bracket attached to a front wall of the cross member and the extension member. Either the base wall of the cross member or the extension member is provided with a rigidity changing part.

Abstract: A layered ruthenic acid compound is converted to a protonic layered ruthenic acid hydrate, which is then converted to a layered alkylammonium-ruthenic acid intercalation compound to obtain a colloid containing ruthenic acid nanosheets having a thickness of 1 nm or smaller. Thereby, a ruthenic acid nanosheet is obtained.

Abstract: A process for chemical vapor deposition includes depositing a film using a metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and an &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol. The metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and the &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol is contacted on the substrate at the same time, at different times or alternately.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure including a pair of front side members extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, each including a first front end portion with a first leading end, and a pair of subframes extending along the front side members on a lower side thereof, each including a second front end portion with a second leading end. The first and second front end portions are connected with each other via a connecting portion therebetween. An abutment member in the form of a tie-down hook or a first cross member is connected with the subframes via the connecting portion. The abutment member includes a front end forward offset from the first and second leading ends of the front side members and the subframes and a portion placed at substantially same height as the second front end portion.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus is constituted by first, second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements and a connection element. The sum of the lengths of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements is ½ the wavelength corresponding to a parallel-resonance frequency of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the first and third wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements. The parallel-resonance frequency is higher than the series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements and lower than the series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus is constituted by first, second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements and a connection element. The sum of the lengths of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements is ½ the wavelength corresponding to a parallel-resonance frequency of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the first and third wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements. The parallel-resonance frequency is higher than the series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements and lower than the series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements.

Abstract: A process for chemical vapor deposition includes depositing a film using a metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and an &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated alcohol. The metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and the &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated alcohol is contacted on the substrate at the same time, at different times or alternately.

Abstract: A process for chemical vapor deposition includes depositing a film using a metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and an &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol. The metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and the &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol is contacted on the substrate at the same time, at different times or alternately.

Abstract: A cowl structure for a vehicle, which includes: a box-section cross member under a windshield of the vehicle; an extension member extending frontward from a base wall of the cross member; and a wiper bracket attached to a front wall of the cross member and the extension member. Either the base wall of the cross member or the extension member is provided with a rigidity changing part.

Abstract: An electrode material for an electrochemical capacitor having a large capacity, having a titanium oxide compound such as titanium oxide, hydrated titanium oxide or their hydrogenated products, and at least one oxidizable and reducible metal element contained in the titanium oxide compound.

Abstract: In a radio equipment of portable type, the impedance of an antenna is optimized by adjusting a matching circuit which has the adjustment function and is connected to an antenna, based on a reflection phase sent back from the antenna, outputted from a reflection phase detector, and a current supplied to a transmitter-receiver which generates a transmitting signal.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure including a pair of front side members extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, each including a first front end portion with a first leading end, and a pair of subframes extending along the front side members on a lower side thereof, each including a second front end portion with a second leading end. The first and second front end portions are connected with each other via a connecting portion therebetween. An abutment member in the form of a tie-down hook or a first cross member is connected with the subframes via the connecting portion. The abutment member includes a front end forward offset from the first and second leading ends of the front side members and the subframes and a portion placed at substantially same height as the second front end portion.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus is constituted by first, second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements and a connection element. The sum of the lengths of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements is ½ the wavelength corresponding to a parallel-resonance frequency of the second, third, and fourth wire antenna elements. The sum of the lengths of the first and third wire antenna elements is ¼ the wavelength corresponding to a series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements. The parallel-resonance frequency is higher than the series-resonance frequency of the first, second, and fourth wire antenna elements and lower than the series-resonance frequency of the first and third wire antenna elements.

Abstract: A process for chemical vapor deposition includes depositing a film using a metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and an &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol. The metal &bgr;-diketonate complex and the &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated alcohol is contacted on the substrate at the same time, at different times or alternately.

Abstract: An electrode material for an electrochemical capacitor having a large capacity, having a titanium oxide compound such as titanium oxide, hydrated titanium oxide or their hydrogenated products, and at least one oxidizable and reducible metal element contained in the titanium oxide compound.

Abstract: An electrode material for an electrochemical capacitor having a large capacity, having a titanium oxide compound such as titanium oxide, hydrated titanium oxide or their hydrogenated products, and at least one oxidizable and reducible metal element contained in the titanium oxide compound.

Abstract: An active array antenna system comprises a plurality of element antennas and radio frequency circuits connected to the element antennas. The radio frequency circuits comprises first frequency converters provided to correspond to the element antenna and converts the frequency between a carrier-wave frequency and a first intermediate-frequency by using a carrier-wave frequency band local signal, second frequency converters provided to correspond to the element antenna and converts the frequency between the first intermediate-frequency signal and a second intermediate-frequency which is lower than the first intermediate frequency by using an intermediate-frequency band local signal, and a variable phase shifter circuit for individually controlling the phases of the intermediate-frequency local signals which are supplied to the second frequency converters.

Abstract: A patch having a circular shape for instance is formed on the main surface of a substrate in the shape of, for example, an equilateral triangle. The center of the main surface of the patch is at a position different from the center of the substrate. A grounding conductor is disposed on the backside of the substrate. Power is supplied to the patch through, for example, a microstrip line, triplate line, coplanar waveguide, slot line or the like. An antenna configured as described above has the center of the patch at a position different from the center of the triangle substrate, so that beams can be tilted in a desired direction by a single patch and a single feeder circuit.

Abstract: An adaptive antenna is disclosed, that comprises a plurality of antenna elements 1.sub.1, 1.sub.2, . . . , and 1.sub.N with different directivity, delay profile measuring units 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, . . . , and 2.sub.N for estimating states of received signals of the antenna elements for each of delay times that have been designated, antenna selecting units 3.sub.1, 3.sub.2, . . . , and 3.sub.L for selecting a part of the antenna elements for each of the delay times corresponding to the estimated result, adaptive signal processing portions 4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, . . . , and 4.sub.L for determining the received signals of the part of the antenna elements that have been selected and multiplying the received signals to which relevant weights have been determined for each of the delay time and summing the weighted signals, delaying circuits 5.sub.2 and 5.sub.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl; R.sub.2 is a lower alkoxy, lower alkylamino, lower cycloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R.sub.3 is an optionally substituted phenyl; R.sub.4 is an optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has a high affinity for gastrin receptors and/or CCK-B receptors but not for CCK-A receptors, and is useful for treating diseases associated with gastrin receptors and/or CCK-B receptors without inducing the side effects associated with CCK-A receptors.