Abstract: In a fluid transmitting device with a lock-up clutch, each second transmitting claw is formed of: a base portion having a long side arranged in a peripheral direction of a turbine impeller and a short side arranged axially of the turbine impeller; and a claw portion protruding from an intermediate portion of one of long-side portions of the base portion and being inserted between adjacent damper springs, and each short-side portion of the base portion is fixed to the turbine impeller through a weld. A long-side portion of the base portion not welded to the turbine impeller includes a cutout, facilitating bend of the long-side portion when transmitting torque through the second transmitting claw, at opposite sides of the claw portion. This improves engine output performance by relaxing stress concentration at spots where the second claws are welded to a turbine impeller without increasing the thicknesses of the claws.

Abstract: In a discharge control section of an inverter control device, when the connection of the battery and the smoothing capacitor is disconnected by means of a contactor, the charge accumulated on the smoothing capacitor is discharged by applying high-frequency voltage to the stator windings of the motor by controlling the main inverter circuit.

Abstract: A method for assaying concentrations of Coenzyme A (CoA) molecules in biological samples with high sensitivity and high reproducibility, the method comprising a step of extraction from a biological sample using a strongly acidic solution, a step of solid phase extraction, a step of adding an internal standard substance, and a step of detection by LC-MS.

Abstract: In a discharge control section of an inverter control device, when the connection of the battery and the smoothing capacitor is disconnected by means of a contactor, the charge accumulated on the smoothing capacitor is discharged by applying high-frequency voltage to the stator windings of the motor by controlling the main inverter circuit.

Abstract: There is provided benzofuryl-&agr;-pyrone derivative represented by the following structural formula (I): 1

Abstract: There is provided benzofuryl-&agr;-pyrone derivative represented by the following structural formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons; R2 represents hydrogen, —CO—R5 or —SO2R6; R3 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons, etc.; and R4 is a substituent attached to the 4-carbon, 5-carbon, 6-carbon or 7 carbon of the benzofuran ring; and their salts. The compounds are useful as therapeutic agent for hypertriglyceridemia, lipid metabolism enhancers, or prophylactic and/or therapeutic agents for arteriosclerosis.

Abstract: This invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a trypsin-like enzyme which can be present at the trachea of human lungs, and can selectively digest a synthetic substrate for trypsin and a synthetic substrate for thrombin, and fibrinogen; and a process for producing the trypsin-like enzyme by genetic engineering utilizing the nucleic acid sequence.