Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating IL-6-related diseases containing an IL-6 inhibitor as an active ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is routinely administered after a short-interval dosing period where the same dose as the routine dose is administered at a shorter interval than the routine dosing interval.

Abstract: Electronic devices include: a first electronic device capable of being always supplied with power; and a second electronic device capable of being supplied with the power through an operation by an occupant. Each of power supply hubs is located near the first electronic device, and connected to a battery or another one of the power supply hubs by one of main power supply lines. Each of the first and second electronic devices is connected to nearby one of the power supply hubs. Each of zone ECUs outputs a control signal to one of power supply ICs so as to distribute, to the first and second electronic devices, the power supplied to one of the power supply hubs by one of the main power supply lines.

Abstract: An information creation apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where priorities of power supply are set to power supply targets, set upper limits of power storage remaining amounts of the power supply targets such that the upper limit of the power storage remaining amount of a power supply target with a lower priority is set to a value larger than a reference value.

Abstract: A ball screw mechanism includes a ball nut member that threadedly engages with a rack shaft via a plurality of balls, and a rolling bearing including an outer ring retained by a housing, an inner ring retained by the ball nut member, and a plurality of rolling elements. The ball screw mechanism moves the rack shaft in an axial direction relative to the housing through rotation of the ball nut member. A method for inspecting the ball screw mechanism includes fixing the outer ring to a fixing jig, pressing the rack shaft in the axial direction while restricting its rotation to rotate the ball nut member together with the inner ring relative to the outer ring, measuring an amount of a run-out of the rack shaft along with the rotation of the ball nut member, and determining whether the amount of the run-out satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A ball screw mechanism includes a ball nut member that threadedly engages with a rack shaft via a plurality of balls, and a rolling bearing including an outer ring retained by a housing, an inner ring retained by the ball nut member, and a plurality of rolling elements. The ball screw mechanism moves the rack shaft in an axial direction relative to the housing through rotation of the ball nut member. A method for inspecting the ball screw mechanism includes fixing the outer ring to a fixing jig, pressing the rack shaft in the axial direction while restricting its rotation to rotate the ball nut member together with the inner ring relative to the outer ring, measuring an amount of a run-out of the rack shaft along with the rotation of the ball nut member, and determining whether the amount of the run-out satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A cylindrical cutting tool for processing splines formed on an outer circumference of a shaft member to extend in an axial direction includes blade portions which are formed in a spline shape on an inner circumference. The blade portions include: a first blade portion which is formed in a terminal end portion in a first direction along the axial direction and which is directed substantially toward the first direction; and a second blade portion which is formed in a terminal end portion in a second direction along the axial direction and opposite to the first direction and which is directed substantially toward the second direction.

Abstract: A cylindrical cutting tool for processing splines formed on an outer circumference of a shaft member to extend in an axial direction includes blade portions which are formed in a spline shape on an inner circumference. The blade portions include: a first blade portion which is formed in a terminal end portion in a first direction along the axial direction and which is directed substantially toward the first direction; and a second blade portion which is formed in a terminal end portion in a second direction along the axial direction and opposite to the first direction and which is directed substantially toward the second direction.

Abstract: A rotation transmitting apparatus includes a first shaft on which multiple external teeth are formed so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction, and a second shaft in which multiple internal teeth are formed so as to be arranged in the circumferential direction, the second shaft being fitted to the first shaft so as to be slidable relative to the first shaft in the axial direction and so as to be engageable with the first shaft in a rotational direction through the use of the external teeth and the internal teeth. A protrusion is formed on the tooth flank of one of the external tooth and the internal tooth, the protrusion being projected toward the corresponding tooth flank of the other of the external tooth and the internal tooth. The protrusion is made of a resin that is more elastically deformable than the tooth flank.

Abstract: A rotation transmitting apparatus includes a first shaft on which multiple external teeth are formed so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction, and a second shaft in which multiple internal teeth are formed so as to be arranged in the circumferential direction, the second shaft being fitted to the first shaft so as to be slidable relative to the first shaft in the axial direction and so as to be engageable with the first shaft in a rotational direction through the use of the external teeth and the internal teeth. A protrusion is formed on the tooth flank of one of the external tooth and the internal tooth, the protrusion being projected toward the corresponding tooth flank of the other of the external tooth and the internal tooth. The protrusion is made of a resin that is more elastically deformable than the tooth flank.

Abstract: In the automatic cooking apparatus of the present invention, when a conveyor start signal is received from a master control section, a CPU uses a foodstuff detecting sensor to detect whether a predetermined amount of a foodstuff is stored in a storage and transfer device. If the detecting sensor detects an amount less than the predetermined amount of the foodstuff, the CPU operates a refill section for a predetermined period of time to refill the foodstuff, and then stops this process. When a transfer operation start signal is received from the master control section, the CPU operates a transfer section for a predetermined period of time to supply the foodstuff to a taco on the conveyor. Accordingly, refilling the foodstuff is executed only when the conveyor is started to thereby facilitate the apparatus to operate reliably.

Abstract: An automatic cooking apparatus includes a plurality of mechanisms for supplying, based on input data, plural kinds of food stuffs to cook various foods. A control circuit for the automatic cooking apparatus is formed of an operating device for operating the plurality of mechanisms, a first DC power supply connected to a utility power supply for supplying electric power to the operating device, a driving device for controlling the operating device, and a second DC power supply connected to the utility power supply supplying electric power to the driving device. Even if a noise voltage is generated in either the operating device or the driving device, the noise voltage is not supplied to the other of the operating device or the driving device.

Abstract: An industrial microbicide comprising .alpha.-chlorobenzaldoxime and optionally known industrial microbicidal which is useful for antiseptis or microbicidal of papermaking water in a paper/pulp industry.