Abstract: A (meth)acrylate-based block copolymer including a polymer block and a (meth)acrylate-based polymer block, wherein: the (meth)acrylate-based block copolymer contains 5 to 30% by mass of the polymeric block and 70 to 95% by mass of the (meth)acrylate-based polymer block with respect to 100% by mass of the (meth)acrylate-based block copolymer; the polymer block has a monomer unit derived from a monomer; when the monomer is polymerized alone, a polymer with a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher can be obtained; and a tensile strength at break measured in accordance with JIS K 6251 of a film obtained by immersion-molding a (meth)acrylate-based block copolymer latex containing the (meth)acrylate-based block copolymer and heat-treating at 130° C. for 30 minutes is 14 MPa or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an aminoadamantane carbamate derivative which is useful as a significant intermediate of an 11?HSD-1 inhibitor. A process for producing an acid addition salt of a compound represented by the Formula (II): or a solvate of the acid addition salt, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; and R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; which comprises separating an acid addition salt of a compound represented by the Formula (II) or a solvate of the acid addition salt by adding an acid to a mixture of syn isomer and anti isomer of a compound represented by the Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined above, in the presence of a solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an aminoadamantane carbamate derivative which is useful as a significant intermediate of an 11?HSD-1 inhibitor. A process for producing an acid addition salt of a compound represented by the Formula (II): or a solvate of the acid addition salt, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; and R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; which comprises separating an acid addition salt of a compound represented by the Formula (II) or a solvate of the acid addition salt by adding an acid to a mixture of syn isomer and anti isomer of a compound represented by the Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined above, in the presence of a solvent.

Abstract: Provided is a game device, which is capable of preventing a subject to be operated from performing an action that is not intended by a player. A game device (10) executes a game configured so that at least one of a subject to be operated by a player and an object or a character moves within a game space. Numerical value information acquiring means (51) acquires numerical value information corresponding to a motion of the player. Control means (52) causes the subject to be operated to perform an action corresponding to a case where a positional relationship between the subject to be operated and the object or the character is a first positional relationship in a case where the numerical value information satisfies a condition. Condition changing means (55) changes the above-mentioned condition based on the positional relationship between the subject to be operated and the object or the character.

Abstract: Provided is a game device, which is capable of preventing a subject to be operated from performing an action that is not intended by a player. A game device (10) executes a game configured so that at least one of a subject to be operated by a player and an object or a character moves within a game space. Numerical value information acquiring means (51) acquires numerical value information corresponding to a motion of the player. Control means (52) causes the subject to be operated to perform an action corresponding to a case where a positional relationship between the subject to be operated and the object or the character is a first positional relationship in a case where the numerical value information satisfies a condition. Condition changing means (55) changes the above-mentioned condition based on the positional relationship between the subject to be operated and the object or the character.

Abstract: A process for a preparation of Compound (V), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, said process comprising the steps represented by the following formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently C1–C8 alkyl.

Abstract: A process for a preparation of Compound (V), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, said process comprising the steps represented by the following formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently C1-C8 alkyl

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the following three steps (oxide film forming step, cycle purge step, and coating step) are performed sequentially before performing substrates processing with a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus. In the oxide film forming step, an oxide film 28 is grown on the surfaces of a flange portion 27 and a cap portion 30 which compose metal parts of a furnace port by baking the furnace port 40 so that corrosion resistance is improved. In the cycle purge step, residual moisture on the part of a gas supply system 35 and inside the piping is removed to suppress a chemical reaction between DCS gas which increases corrosiveness by reaction with moisture, and the metal parts 41 of the furnace port.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the following three steps (oxide film forming step, cycle purge step, and coating step) are performed sequentially before performing substrates processing with a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus. In the oxide film forming step, an oxide film 28 is grown on the surfaces of a flange portion 27 and a cap portion 30 which compose metal parts of a furnace port by baking the furnace port 40 so that corrosion resistance is improved. In the cycle purge step, residual moisture on the part of a gas supply system 35 and inside the piping is removed to suppress a chemical reaction between DCS gas which increases corrosiveness by reaction with moisture, and the metal parts 41 of the furnace port.

Abstract: By using an external portable recording medium (for instance, IC card) that stores a personal ID, a communications apparatus automatically transmits the personal ID and its own terminal identification information to a center apparatus. The center apparatus manages the personal ID and the terminal identification information so that they are correlated with each other. For example, the terminal identification information includes a called-party address, a communication mode, and a position ID. Further, the center apparatus manages a present/absent mode for each personal ID. During the present mode, the center apparatus forwards a call using a personal telecommunication number, such as a UPT (universal personal telecommunication) number, which corresponds to a certain personal ID to a communications apparatus that corresponds to the personal ID. During the absent mode, the center apparatus automatically records a message.

Abstract: By using an external portable recording medium that stores a personal ID, a communications apparatus automatically transmits the personal ID and its own terminal identification information to a center apparatus. The center apparatus manages the personal ID and the terminal identification information so that they are correlated with each other. For example, the terminal identification information includes a called-party address, a communication mode, and a position ID Further, the center apparatus manages a present/absent mode for each personal ID. During the present mode, the center apparatus forwards a call using a personal telecommunication number, such as a UPT (universal personal telecommunication) number, which corresponds to a certain personal ID to a communications apparatus that corresponds to the personal ID. During the absent mode, the center apparatus automatically records a message.

Abstract: A time difference .DELTA..tau. between the arrival of acoustic signals from sound sources to microphones 1, 2 is detected from output channel signals L, R from microphones 1, 2. By Fourier transform, the signals L, R are divided into respective frequency bands L(f1)-L(fn), R(f1)-R(fn). Differences .DELTA..tau.i (i=1, 2, . . . n) in the time-of-arrival of L(f1)-L(fn) and R(f1)-R(fn) to the microphones 1, 2 as well as a signal level difference .DELTA.Li are detected. L(f1)-L(fn), R(f1)-R(fn) are divided into a low range of fi<1/(2 .DELTA..tau.), a middle range of 1/(2 .DELTA..tau.) <fi<1/.DELTA..tau., and a high range of fi>1/.DELTA..tau.. Utilizing .DELTA..tau.i for the low range, .DELTA.Li and .DELTA..tau.i for the middle range and .DELTA.Li for the high range, a determination is made from which sound source L(fi), R(fi) are oncoming to deliver outputs separately for each sound source. The outputs are subject to an inverse Fourier transform for synthesis separately for each sound source.

Abstract: By using an external portable recording medium (for instance, IC card) that stores a personal ID, a communications apparatus automatically transmits the personal ID and its own terminal identification information to a center apparatus. The center apparatus manages the personal ID and the terminal identification information so that they are correlated with each other. For example, the terminal identification information includes a called-party address, a communication mode, and a position ID. Further, the center apparatus manages a present/absent mode for each personal ID. During the present mode, the center apparatus forwards a call using a personal telecommunication number, such as a UPT (universal personal telecommunication) number, which corresponds to a certain personal ID to a communications apparatus that corresponds to the personal ID. During the absent mode, the center apparatus automatically records a message.

Abstract: Ear-piece type acoustic transducing part is provided with a bone-conducted sound pickup microphone for picking up a bone-conducted sound, a directional microphone for picking up an air-conducted sound and an electro-acoustic transducer for transducing a received speech signal to a received speech sound.

Abstract: In a word speech recognition method which performs pattern matching between unknown speech pattern and multiple reference templates and detects that one of the reference templates which provides the smallest one of distance measures detected between the unknown speech pattern and the reference templates, when the difference d between the speech period length of the unknown speech pattern and the speech period length of a selected reference template exceeds a fixed threshold value .epsilon..sub.1, partial patterns are extracted from the unknown speech pattern, each starting at a different position, and the minimum one of the distances obtained by pattern matching between these extracted partial patterns and the selected reference template is determined to be the distance between the selected reference template and the unknown speech pattern. When the difference d is in the range of -.epsilon..sub.2 .ltoreq.d.ltoreq..epsilon..sub.

Abstract: A pyrrolidylthiocarbapenem derivative represented by Formula I is provided: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen, lower alkyl which can be substituted or an amino protecting group independently, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together with a nitrogen atom to which R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are bonded form a saturated or unsaturated cyclic group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.4, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together with two nitrogen atoms and one sulfur atom in the sufamide group form a saturated or unsaturated cyclic group; each cyclic group can further include at least one atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen, and each cyclic group can be substituted; X.sup.1 is hydrogen or a hydroxy protecting group; X.sup.2 is hydrogen, a carboxy protecting group, an ammonio group, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; and Y.sup.2 is hydrogen or an amino protecting group.

Abstract: The method for producing a sulfamide according to the present invention includes the step of reacting an alcohol and an oxycarbonylsulfamide compound in the presence of a trivalent phosphorus compound and an azodicarboxylic acid derivative. In one embodiment, the sulfamide is represented by Formula I, the alcohol is represented by Formula II, and the oxycarbonylsulfamide compound is represented by Formula III:R.sup.3 NHSO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 (I)wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, a heterocyclic group, and alkyl substituted with the heterocyclic group, respectively, said heterocyclic group being selected from the group consisting of pyranosyl, furanosyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, an azetidinone ring, a cephem ring, a penem ring, and a carbapenem ring; R.sup.

Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a protecting group; R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or amino; R.sup.4 is halogen; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each is identically or differently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl; W is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylidene; X is N or C-Y; Y is hydrogen or halogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having a more potent antibacterial activity against G(+) and G(-) bacteria than known analogues, useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: A push-button dial circuit having a low DC resistance and a high output impedance. An oscillator for generating a multi-tone dial signal is connected through a buffer transistor to terminals for coupling the multi-tone dial signal to a subscriber's line. The terminals also supply a DC power source current to the dial circuit. A constant voltage circuit is connected to the oscillator to stabilize the DC current supplied to the oscillator, and a reactance transistor circuit is connected between the terminals and the oscillator for defining a DC supply path from the terminals through the reactance transistor circuit to the oscillator. The reactance transistor circuit includes a transistor having a capacitor and a resistor respectfully connected across the base-emitter path and across the base-collector path of the transistor.