Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3), a common rail (10) being arranged around the cylinder head (1). In this multi-cylinder engine, the common rail (10) is arranged immediately lateral of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2), thereby positioning the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) between the cylinder head (1) and the common rail (10). Preferably, an intake-air inlet pipe (11) is made to stand up at an upper portion of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and is provided with an intake-air flange portion (12), which is positioned just above the common rail (10).

Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) is attached and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is attached, an EGR cooler being interposed between an exhaust-gas converging passage and an intake-air distributing passage. In this multi-cylinder engine, the EGR cooler (4) spans in the front and rear direction laterally of a cylinder block (5) and the exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is positioned just above the EGR cooler (4).

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an obstacle to a power regulated window, which can detect existence of an obstacle by a method of differential current at low rotating speed of a motor and reduce a force of biting an obstacle and prevent from detecting an obstacle unexpectedly at high rotating speed, includes current detecting means for detecting a value of load current flowing through the motor, reference-value generating means for generating a reference value correspondingly to rotating speed of the motor for judging when the value of load current exceeds a predetermined value of over-load current, and comparing means for judging whether or not the value of load current exceeds the reference value.

Abstract: A composition comprising a non-fiber organic extract of psyllium which is anti-tumorigenic is described. The composition both restores gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) and inhibits anchorage independent growth of mammalian cells which have been transformed with the ras oncogene. The composition is a useful chemotherapy and chemopreventative agent. The composition was identified using a novel method for determining the anti-tumorigenic potential of a compound or composition.

Abstract: There is provided media converter having an integrated local information transmission function and a fault alarm signal communication system for transmitting local information using a frequency outside the communication frequency bands for data signals. In the subscriber's media converter, based on input local information, a control section sets a transmission frequency outside the communication frequency bands and outputs a signal instructing that a transmission be made. A media independent interface section receives this signal and transmits the signal in the instructed frequency. In the station media converter, a media independent interface section detects the frequency in which the local information is transmitted from the received signal. A control section then generates local information using the detected frequency and outputs it to an SNMP unit.

Abstract: An electrical capacitance proximity sensor with high detector sensitivity has an insulating substrate, a detector electrode and an earth electrode formed in a fixed pattern on one face of the insulating substrate, and a detector circuit which detects an object approaching the detector electrode and the earth electrode by detecting the capacitance between the detector electrode and the earth electrode. The detector electrode is formed in a shape such that it surrounds the earth electrode.

Abstract: A method for restoring gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in the cells of a mammal, including humans. The method includes administering to mammals who have been determined to have a mutation in the ras gene a phytosterol to restore GJIC. The phytosterol can be ?-sitosterol, stigmasterol, or mixtures of these phytosterols. Administering the phytosterol compound both restores gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) and inhibits anchorage independent growth of mammalian cells which have a mutation in the ras gene.

Abstract: An electrical capacitance proximity sensor for detecting a nearby object takes a normal operation mode for detecting the nearby object approaching and a self-diagnostic mode for detecting a correct connection between a sensor section and a detecting circuit section. The detecting circuit section is provided with a buffer controller which supplies a second oscillation signal having the same phase and voltage as a first oscillation signal applied to a guard electrode in the normal operation mode, and stops supplying the second oscillation signal in the self-diagnostic mode. A control circuit determines whether the sensor section is correctly connected to the detecting circuit section base on the change in the detecting signal in the normal operation mode and the self-diagnostic mode.

Abstract: An electrical capacitance proximity sensor for detecting a nearby object takes a normal operation mode for detecting the nearby object approaching and a self-diagnostic mode for detecting a correct connection between a sensor section and a detecting circuit section. The detecting circuit section is provided with a buffer controller which supplies a second oscillation signal having the same phase and voltage as a first oscillation signal applied to a guard electrode in the normal operation mode, and stops supplying the second oscillation signal in the self-diagnostic mode. A control circuit determines whether the sensor section is correctly connected to the detecting circuit section base on the change in the detecting signal in the normal operation mode and the self-diagnostic mode.

Abstract: An electrical capacitance proximity sensor with high detector sensitivity has an insulating substrate, a detector electrode and an earth electrode formed in a fixed pattern on one face of the insulating substrate, and a detector circuit which detects an object approaching the detector electrode and the earth electrode by detecting the capacitance between the detector electrode and the earth electrode. The detector electrode is formed in a shape such that it surrounds the earth electrode.

Abstract: A hybrid sensor is formed by stacking a plurality of flexible sheets each provided with electrode patterns. The hybrid sensor includes a contact pressure sensor which has switches turning on or off by a pressure load, and an electrostatic capacitance sensor which detects a nearby object without contacting the object. The electrode patterns include a switching electrode pattern as the switch of the contact pressure sensor and a detecting electrode pattern as the detecting electrode of the electrostatic capacitance sensor. The detecting electrode is formed to cover substantially the entire area other than the area on which the switching electrode pattern is formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-sintered type positive electrode for alkaline storage battery whose drop out of active material powder is suppressed while maintaining favorable charging-discharging properties such as utilization factor. A non-sintered type positive electrode constituted by an electrically conductive support, a nickel hydroxide powder coated by cobalt oxyhydroxide (COH), an additive made of COH powder, and a binder, in which the average particle size of the nickel hydroxide powder coated by COH is greater than that of the additive made of COH powder.

Abstract: A processing method for glass substrate of the present invention includes: applying heat and external force to a glass substrate and then cooling it down to thereby form a compression stressed part having a different etching rate from that of other parts with respect to an etching reagent to be used, on the surface of the glass substrate and in the vicinity thereof, and performing chemical etching using the etching reagent on the glass substrate having the compression stressed part formed thereon, so as to form a relief on the surface of the glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention improves a method of forming a surface unevenness using a difference in etching rates, and relaxes limitations on substrates in this method. In a method of the present invention, an uneven surface is formed by a method including applying pressure to a predetermined region in a surface of a thin film formed on a substrate, and etching a region including at least a portion of the predetermined region and at least a portion of the reminder of the surface that excludes the predetermined region. An etching rate difference within the thin film increases freedom in selecting a substrate material.

Abstract: A device for detecting failure of a field effect transistor (FET) includes a first FET1 connected in series with a motor M between a power source terminal and ground, a motor control unit 11 for on/off controlling a voltage to be applied to said motor to set normal/reverse operation and stopping of said motor, a gate control unit for on/off controlling a gate voltage to be applied to said FET to control driving of said motor, a voltage applying means VB, R1 for applying a positive voltage at a prescribed voltage level to the current input terminal of the FET; a voltage detecting unit CMP1 for detecting the voltage level of the positive voltage thus applied when said gate voltage is off; and a failure detecting unit 14 for detecting short-circuiting failure of the FET on the basis of a change in the voltage level detected by said voltage detecting unit when said gate voltage is off while said motor stops.

Abstract: The paste type positive electrode of the present invention contains a first active material and a second active material. The first active material comprises X parts by weight of particulate nickel hydroxide with aX/100 parts by weight of cobalt oxyhydroxide carried thereon. The second active material comprises Y parts by weight of particulate nickel oxyhydroxide, of which an oxidation number of nickel is ?, with bY/100 parts by weight of cobalt oxyhydroxide carried thereon. Here, all the following relations are satisfied: (1) 2.5??<3.0, (2) 0.01?(aX/100+bY/100)/(X+Y)?0.20, (3) 0<b?a?10 or 0=b<a?10, and (4) 2.1?(2X+?Y)/(X+Y)<2.2.

Abstract: A signal/vibration detecting technique employs a simple structure to identify a target optical fiber among many and carry out a bidirectional conversation through the target optical fiber. First ends of optical fibers (202A, 202B), one of which is a target optical fiber, are connected to an optical transceiver (201). Second ends of the optical fibers are connected to each other to form a loop. A local unit (203) is installed at the loop. The local unit vibrates the loop, and the optical transceiver emits lights so that the lights are oppositely propagated through the loop. The propagated lights are coupled together so that they interfere with each other. In the intensity of the interfering lights, a change corresponding to the vibration is detected to identify the target optical fiber. Once the target optical fiber is identified, it is used to carry out a conversation between the optical transceiver and the local unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-capacity sealed nickel-metal hydride storage battery superior in high-current discharge, without extending the injection time of an electrolyte. This battery includes an electrode group, a metal case for accommodating the electrode group, and a seal plate provided with a safety vent, for sealing an opening of the case, and the electrode group has a structure in which, round a non-sintered type cylindrical electrode of one polarity, a non-sintered type hollow cylindrical electrode of the other polarity and a non-sintered type hollow cylindrical electrode of the one polarity are layered alternately in the form of concentric circles with a separator between the electrodes.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a surface profile of an object to be measured includes a measuring probe positioned to contact the surface of the object to be measured, a guide mechanism for supporting and guiding the measuring probe in an axial direction of the measuring probe, a tilt angle adjustment mechanism for tilting the guide mechanism at a predetermined tilt angle with respect to a horizontal direction so that the measuring probe contacts the surface of the object to be measured with a predetermined contact force, and a drive mechanism for relatively driving at least one of the measuring probe and the object to scan the surface of the object to be measured with the measuring probe. The contact force is derived from a tilt direction component of the gravity of the measuring probe generated when the measuring probe is tilted.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a surface profile of an object to be measured includes a measuring probe positioned to contact the surface of the object to be measured, guide mechanism for supporting and guiding the measuring probe in an axis direction of the measuring probe, tilt angle adjustment mechanism for tilting the guide mechanism at a predetermined tilt angle to a horizontal direction so that the measuring probe contact the surface of the object to be measured with a predetermined contact force, and drive mechanism for relatively driving at least one of the measuring probe and the object to scan the surface of the object to be measured with the measuring probe. The contact force is derived from a tilt direction component of the gravity of the measuring probe generated when the measuring probe is tilted.