Abstract: A discharge control circuit that allows an electric charge accumulated in a smoothing capacitor, which is interposed between a main power source that supplies DC power to an electric circuit and the electric circuit, to be discharged when connection between the main power source and the electric circuit is interrupted, includes a series resistor section formed by connecting a first resistor and a second resistor in series with each other and connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor; and a switch connected in parallel with the first resistor, controlled to a non-conductive state when connection between the main power source and the electric circuit is maintained, and controlled to a conductive state to short-circuit both ends of the first resistor when connection between the main power source and the electric circuit is interrupted.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes an indexer block, a first processing block, a second processing block, and an interface block. The indexer block includes a pair of carrier platforms and a transport section. A carrier storing a plurality of substrates in multiple stages is placed in each of the carrier platforms. The transport section includes transport mechanisms. The transport mechanisms concurrently transport the substrates.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a processing section, a load section, an operating section, and a display unit. The processing section performs processing upon sheets of a recording medium. The operating section includes input keys which receive input operation for controlling the processing section, and is disposed over the load section. The display unit displays information corresponding to input operation from the operating section. And the operating section can be freely shifted between a pulled out position in which its input keys are exposed to the exterior, and a storage position in which it is stored internally, and, in the storage position, is disposed below the display unit.

Abstract: An image reading device includes an image reading section, a frame, and an operating unit. The image reading section is configured to obtain image data by reading an image carried on a document. The frame supports the image reading section. The operating unit has an operating section including a plurality of input keys adapted to receive an input operation for controlling the image reading section, and an operating unit body supporting the operating section for displacement between a drawn-out position in which the input keys are exposed to outside and a housed position in which the input keys are housed inside. The operating unit is supported by the frame.

Abstract: A motor control device has a plurality of drive circuits that are respectively provided on arms of an inverter circuit that supplies current to an AC motor, the plurality of drive circuits driving respectively a plurality of switching elements included on the arms; a power source control circuit that performs a control of a plurality of power supply circuits that supply power respectively to the plurality of drive circuits; a low-voltage circuit area that includes the power source control circuit; a plurality of high-voltage circuit areas, each high-voltage circuit area including a drive circuit from the plurality of drive circuits; and a plurality of transformers that serve as the plurality of power supply circuits and respectively join the low-voltage circuit area and the plurality of high-voltage circuit areas in an insulated state.

Abstract: A rowing boat footrest assembly includes a footrest member coupled to a boat structure and a shoe retaining mechanism supported to the footrest member. The shoe retaining mechanism includes a permanent magnet mechanism operable between a shoe retaining mode and a shoe releasing mode.

Abstract: An operating device includes a first support frame, a support shaft, an operating panel, a second support frame, and a spring. The first support frame is fixed to a front side of a main apparatus. The support shaft projects from the first support frame in a widthwise direction of the main apparatus. The second support frame is pivotally supported on the support shaft in such a manner as to be displaceable within a predetermined range in the widthwise direction while supporting the operating panel. The spring biases the second support frame in a first direction which the second support frame is pressed against the first support frame. The first support frame has a plurality of recesses on a circumference of a circle that is concentric with the support shaft. The second support frame has a first projection capable of being engaged into any one of the recesses.

Abstract: A detection agent for high malignancy breast cancer includes an antibody against collagen XIV, or a variant or derivative or fragment of the antibody. A therapeutic agent for high malignancy breast cancer includes a conjugate of an anticancer drug and an antibody against that protein, or a variant or derivative or fragment thereof. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and accurately detect and diagnose high malignancy breast cancer.

Abstract: A discharge control apparatus for discharging a residual charge that accumulates in a smoothing capacitor interposed between a direct current main power supply and an inverter, which performs a voltage conversion between a direct current power and an alternating current power, and remains in the smoothing capacitor when a connection between the inverter and the main power supply is cut, the discharge control apparatus. The discharge control apparatus having a backup power supply and a discharge control unit that is provided independently of a driver circuit for applying a switching control signal to a switching element constituting the inverter in order to operate the switching element in a saturation region, and that generates a discharge control signal for operating the switching element in an active region and applies the generated discharge control signal to the switching element.

Abstract: There is provided a particle-enhanced immunoassay method for cystatin C in a human body fluid, which has higher specificity and is easily automatable at low cost as compared with conventional assay methods that use large amounts of polyclonal antibodies having low specificity or monoclonal antibodies having high specificity but having poor agglutinability.

Abstract: The present invention provides an insulin-specific assay and an assay reagent capable of sensitively and specifically assaying insulin using an antibody having a property of reacting with insulin bound to an anti-insulin antibody while not reacting with insulin not bound to an anti-insulin antibody, without being affected by proinsulin and insulin analogs.

Abstract: An alkaline storage battery includes, as main constituent elements, a positive electrode having nickel hydroxide as an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte made of an aqueous alkali solution, and a foamed three-dimensional porous substrate composed of nickel as a main component is used as a core substrate of the positive electrode, and the weight ratio of this core substrate in the positive electrode is set to 30% to 50%, thereby allowing both electron conductivity and ion conductivity of the positive electrode, with long life and high output even under severe conditions.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-human IgM monoclonal antibody that is capable of reacting specifically with human IgM and inducing immunoagglutination based on an antigen-antibody reaction with human IgM in solution, and an immunoassay using the said monoclonal antibody. Another objective of the present invention is to provide an agent for suppressing non-specific reactions caused by human IgM that could not be prevented by conventional methods, and an immunoassay in which non-specific reactions caused by human IgM are suppressed. By selecting a monoclonal antibody that reacts with human IgM on the basis of evaluation of reactivity with human IgM in solution, a novel monoclonal antibody capable of agglutinating human IgM by itself and performing a practical immunoagglutination assay has been obtained, and the objectives above have been thus achieved.

Abstract: A detection agent for high malignancy breast cancer includes an antibody against collagen XIV, or a variant or derivative or fragment of the antibody. A therapeutic agent for high malignancy breast cancer includes a conjugate of an anticancer drug and an antibody against that protein, or a variant or derivative or fragment thereof. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and accurately detect and diagnose high malignancy breast cancer.

Abstract: A rowing boat foot support assembly is provided with a support member, a shoe attachment member and a release trigger mechanism. The support member is configured to be coupled to a rowing boat. The shoe attachment member is pivotally supported on the support member. The shoe attachment member includes a base portion and a movable fixing portion that is movably arranged with respect to the base portion between a shoe retaining position and a shoe releasing position. The release trigger mechanism is provided between the support member and the movable fixing portion to move the movable fixing portion from the shoe retaining position to the shoe releasing position.

Abstract: A paper discharge structure includes: a paper discharge roller for discharging paper with an image from a discharge port; a paper output tray located below the paper discharge roller for holding sheets of paper P discharged by the paper discharge roller; and a side-wall surface formed extending from the vicinity of the paper discharge roller to the vicinity of the paper output tray, is constructed such that the side-wall surface is formed with an inclined portion that extends from the lower part of the paper discharge roller to the vicinity of the paper output tray and is inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

Abstract: An inverter drive power supply circuit for driving a plurality of inverter switching devices that form an inverter circuit, includes a number N of transformers (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) adapted to a push-pull method, each having a first winding and a second winding for a primary winding and a first winding and a second winding for a secondary winding, and supplying an output voltage of the secondary winding to the inverter switching devices.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a soy protein-containing food (a baked food) which can be used in a large amount as a substitute for wheat flour and has an excellent flavor without showing a coarse texture. It is also intended to provide a non-baked food prepared without resorting to baking. Moreover, it is intended to provide a powdery soy protein suitable for these foods. Namely, a powdery soy protein characterized by having an NSI of from 10 to 55, a solubility in 0.22 M trichloroacetic acid (TCA) of from 6 to 30% and a CP of from 50 to 98%; and a soy protein-containing food (a baked food or a non-baked food) prepared by binding this soy protein with a binder and molding.

Abstract: The detection agent for high malignancy breast cancer of the present invention includes an antibody against collagen XIV, or a variant or derivative or fragment of the antibody. The therapeutic agent for high malignancy breast cancer of the present invention includes a conjugate of an anticancer drug and an antibody against that protein, or a variant or derivative or fragment thereof. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily and accurately detect and diagnose high malignancy breast cancer.

Abstract: A proximity sensor includes a sense electrode having a first capacitance to ground, wherein the first capacitance varies in response to proximity of an object to be sensed; a first sense circuit which provides a first pulse signal having a pulse width determined in accordance with the first capacitance; a reference capacitor; a second sense circuit which provides a second pulse signal having a pulse width determined in accordance with a second capacitance of the reference capacitor; and a computing circuit which computes a difference pulse by subtracting the second pulse signal from the first pulse signal and provide a pulse of the difference pulse width.