Provided are a determination system, a determination device, a determination method, and a determination program which make it possible to report that a subject has started a rising action.?A detection device detects wave motions generated on the basis of the subject, and outputs an electrical signal based on the detected wave motions. This determination device 2 determines whether a signal value associated with the electrical signal based on the detection by the detection device satisfies a state determination condition in which the time in a state of at least a prescribed upper limit reference value or not more than a lower limit reference value exceeds a prescribed time reference value. When the determination device 2 has determined that the signal value satisfies the state determination condition, the determination device determines that the subject has started a rising action of transitioning from a lying state to a sitting state.
Provided are a structure and a construction material that allow radio waves to be reflected in a wide area of a space. A structure comprising a radio wave reflector including a radio wave reflecting material for reflecting radio waves. When the radio wave reflector is caused to reflect radio waves of an incident wave with an incident angle of 15 to 75 degrees inclusive and with frequencies of 3 GHz to 5 GHz inclusive, 25 GHz to 30 GHz inclusive, or 150 GHz to 300 GHz inclusive, the intensity of a reflected wave when the incident wave is regularly reflected is more than or equal to -30 dB relative to the incident wave, and, in a virtual plane including the incident direction of the incident wave and the reflection direction of the reflected wave, when the reception angle position of the reflected wave is varied in an angular range of -15 to +15 degrees, inclusive, with respect to the regular reflection direction, there is at least one frequency at which the kurtosis of the intensity distribution of the reflected wave at respective reception angle positions is less than or equal to -0.4.
This pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising a photocuring type acrylic resin, a metal having a less noble potential than iron, and an electroconductive material excluding the metal, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a total light transmittance X per 1-µm thickness of 99.85% or less and has a total light transmittance Y of 6% or higher. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which is excellent in terms of the adhesive force of both the front and back surfaces and which has satisfactory sacrificial anticorrosive properties.
Provided is a core-shell structure which exhibits excellent fast-acting properties in terms of percutaneous absorption of an active ingredient. A core-shell structure which is provided with a core part that contains an active ingredient and a shell part that contains a surfactant having an HLB value of 4-14. The core part is a solid; and the surfactant has a saturated hydrocarbon group having 7-15 carbon atoms or an unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 7-17 carbon atoms.
A reverse side guide portion 83 of a pipe-forming apparatus 3N is engaged with a pipe end portion 91e of a preceding spiral pipe portion 91 from a reverse side in a machine-height direction HD of the pipe-forming apparatus 3N. A face side guide portion 82 is shifted to the propulsion rear side beyond the reverse side guide portion 83. The face side guide portion 82 is engaged with the pipe end portion 91e from a face side in the machine-height direction HD. A driving part pushes a following strip portion 92 of a strip member 90 obliquely toward an inter-guide clearance 84. Diameter expansion and contraction control and fitting stabilization can be achieved at the same time.
Provided is a pipe manufacturing device with which a spiral pipe can be manufactured using a simple configuration without an inner periphery restriction body. A driving section 10 of the pipe manufacturing device 3 presses a following band part 92 toward a pipe end 91e of a preceding spiral pipe part 91 obliquely with respect to a device height direction HD. A pipe end guide 20 is constrained in a device width direction WD with respect to the pipe end 91e, and slidably locked in a propelling longitudinal direction LD. A pressing force for the following band part 92 provides a fitting force between the following band end 92 and the pipe end 91e, and a propelling force for forward propulsion. A pipe is manufactured in a state in which parts other than a part at which the pipe manufacturing device 3 is provided in a circumferential direction of the pipe end 91e is released from the pipe manufacturing device 3.
An apparatus frame 30 of a pipe-forming apparatus 3J is provided with a driving part 10 and a guide portion 73. The driving part 10 pushes a following strip portion 92 of the strip member 90 so as to be joined to a preceding spiral pipe portion 91, thereby obtaining a propelling force. The guide portion 73 is rotatable about a rotary axis 32 with respect to the apparatus frame 30. The guide portion 73 is applied to the outer peripheral surface of the preceding spiral pipe portion 91. An acting portion 41 causes the guide portion 73 to follow the peripheral surface of the existing pipe 1. The pipe-forming apparatus 3J can be smoothly propelled without colliding with the existing pipe 1 having a non-circular cross section.
B29C 63/32 - Lining or sheathing of internal surfaces using sheet or web-like material by winding helically
F16L 55/163 - Devices for covering leaks in pipes or hoses, e.g. hose-menders from inside the pipe a ring, a band or a sleeve being pressed against the inner surface of the pipe
F16L 55/18 - Appliances for use in repairing pipes
The present invention provides an electret sheet with which excellent piezoelectricity can be achieved even by means of light stress. Since this electret sheet is characterized by including a charged porous sheet, wherein the compressive modulus of elasticity when deformed by compression at 25 °C is 80-300 MPa and the 50% compressive stress at 25 °C is 120-300 kPa, the electret sheet exhibits excellent piezoelectricity even when subjected to light stress, and exhibits excellent piezoelectricity even when subjected to light stress (0.5 N or less) caused by a pulse wave or respiration.
The present invention provides an electret sheet that maintains high piezoelectricity even in a high-temperature environment. Since this electret sheet is characterized by including a charged porous sheet, wherein the volume resistivity at 25 °C is 1.0×1015 O·cm or more and the dielectric breakdown voltage at 25 °C is 7 kV or more, and preferably, the volume resistivity at 37 °C is 1.0×1014 O·cm or more and the dielectric breakdown voltage at 37 °C is 7 kV or more, the electret sheet maintains excellent piezoelectricity even after being left in a high-temperature atmosphere for a long period of time.
Provided is a novel device capable of advantageously manufacturing an organic substance from syngas. A device (1) for manufacturing an organic substance comprises a syngas generation furnace (11), an organic-substance-synthesizing unit (16), a moisture-content-increasing unit (12), and a moisture-content-reducing unit (13). The syngas generation furnace (11) generates a carbon dioxide-containing syngas containing by partially oxidizing a carbon source. The organic-substance-synthesizing unit (16) generates an organic substance from the syngas. The moisture-content-increasing unit (12) is arranged between the syngas generation furnace (11) and the organic-substance-synthesizing unit (16). The moisture-content-increasing unit (12) increases the moisture content of the syngas. The moisture-content-reducing unit (13) is arranged between the moisture-content-increasing unit (12) and the organic-substance-synthesizing unit (16). The moisture-content-reducing unit (13) reduces the moisture content of the syngas.
C12P 7/00 - Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds
C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
C12P 1/00 - Preparation of compounds or compositions, not provided for in groups , by using microorganisms or enzymes; General processes for the preparation of compounds or compositions by using microorganisms or enzymes
C12P 1/04 - Preparation of compounds or compositions, not provided for in groups , by using microorganisms or enzymes; General processes for the preparation of compounds or compositions by using microorganisms or enzymes by using bacteria
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RECOMBINANT CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ISOPRENE
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a series of techniques for producing isoprene from methanol, etc. Provided is a recombinant cell wherein a gene encoding isoprene synthase is transferred into a host cell that is a methylotroph, wherein said gene can be expressed in the host cell and is capable of producing isoprene from at least one C1 compound selected from the group consisting of methane, methanol, methylamine, formic acid, formaldehyde and formamide. The recombinant cell preferably has, as a formaldehyde fixation pathway, at least one C1 carbon assimilation pathway selected from the group consisting of the serine pathway, ribulose monophosphate pathway and xylose monophosphate pathway. Also provided is a method for producing isoprene by using the aforesaid recombinant cell.
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Germany)
Inventor
Furutani, Masahiro
Uenishi, Akihiro
Iwasa, Koichiro
Jennewein, Stefan
Fischer, Rainer
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a series of technologies capable of producing isoprene from a synthesis gas, etc. Provided is a recombinant cell capable of producing isoprene from at least one C1 compound, wherein: a nucleic acid that codes an isoprene synthase has been introduced to a host cell having the ability to synthesize isopentenyl diphosphate by using a non-mevalonate pathway; the nucleic acid is expressed inside the host cell; and said C1 compound is selected from a group comprising carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, formic acid, and methanol. The host cell is exemplified by a Clostridium cell or a Moorella cell. Also provided is a production method for isoprene using this recombinant cell.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass which can reduce transmittance of ultraviolet rays having wavelength of 380 to 400 nm and has excellent durability to light exposure while maintaining high visible light transmittance. The interlayer film for a laminated glass of the present invention is an interlayer film for a laminated glass, which comprises a thermoplastic resin and an indole compound having a structure represented by the following general Chemical Formula (1): [Chemical Formula 1] (see formula I) wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 of carbon atoms, and R2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 of carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 of carbon atoms.
C07D 209/24 - Radicals substituted by carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals with an alkyl or cycloalkyl radical attached to the ring nitrogen atom
Fire-resistant piping materials which themselves can be fireproof and have excellent applicability. One of the ma-terials is a single-layered fire-resistant piping material characterized by being made of a fire-resistant resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride resin and 1-10 parts by weight of heat-expandable graphite. Another is a multilayered fire-resistant piping material characterized in that it comprises a tubular fire-resistant expandable layer comprising a heat-expandable fire-resistant resin composition and a coating layer with which at least either of the outer side and inner side of the fire-resistant ex-pandable layer is covered, that the fire-resistant expandable layer is made of a fire-resistant resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride resin and 1-15 parts by weight of heat- expandable graphite, and that the coating layer is made of a polyvinyl chloride resin composition containing no heat-expandable fire- resistant material.
The invention relates to a sport-technical layer for use in an artificial lawn system in particular intended for sports fields, which artificial lawn system is built up at least of a substrate to which artificial grass fibres are attached as well as the sport-technical layer extending under said substrate, which sport-technical layer comprises at least one damping sublayer made of a synthetic foam, which damping sublayer made of a synthetic foam is built up of an essentially rigid flat plate, which plate is provided with flatness-enhancing means. The invention further relates to an artificial lawn system provided with such a sport-technical layer. According to the invention, the sport-technical layer is to that end characterised in that said flatness-enhancing means comprise at least one first slot assembly of at least two closely spaced slots formed in a respective upper surface or bottom surface of the plate, which slots extend in a first direction of the plate. As a result, the sport- technical layer is constructionally guaranteed to be a flat layer not exhibiting any warped or overlapping portions. On the one hand this leads to improved functional characteristics of the artificial lawn system to be ultimately constructed, but in addition this prevents the unnecessary work and expenses involved in repairing a non-level sport-technical layer, which currently takes place with the artificial lawn system according to the prior art.
An intermediate film for laminated glass and laminated glass having excellent sound insulation properties and particularly suitably used for a head-up display etc. where the driver can view both a forward field and instrument display at the same time without dropping their line of vision. The intermediate film for laminated glass is constructed from at least a pair of protective layers and a sound insulation layer sandwiched between the pair of protective layers. The intermediate film has a wedge shape cross-section, a cross-section wedge angle .theta. of 0.1 - 0.7 mrad, a maximum thickness of not more than 2000 µm, and a minimum thickness of not less than 400 µm. The minimum thickness of the sound insulation layer is not less than 20 µm.
B32B 17/10 - Layered products essentially comprising sheet glass, or fibres of glass, slag or the like comprising glass as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
It is an object of the present invention to a method whereby a humoral immune response is induced more efficiently in producing an antibody against an antigen protein by gene immunization. A fusion gene composed of a gene encoding the full-length of a part of the antigen protein or a gene encoding a chaperonin subunit or a chaperonin subunit linkage linked thereto is administered to express the fusion gene in the animal, thereby inducing a humoral immune response to an antigen protein by administering. An example of the chaperonin includes Escherichia coli GroEL. There is also provided with a composition for immunization, a method for producing an antibody, a method for producing a hybridoma, and a method for producing a monoclonal antibody.
A61K 48/00 - Medicinal preparations containing genetic material which is inserted into cells of the living body to treat genetic diseases; Gene therapy
TIN-DOPED INDIUM OXIDE FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS WITH HEAT RAY SHIELD PROPERTIES FORMED BY USING SAID DISPERSION, AND LAMINATED GLASS THEREWITH
A dispersion of tin-doped indium oxide fine particles has tin-doped indium oxide fine particles, a plasticizer for an interlayer film, an organic solvent containing alcohols as a main component, and a dispersion stabilizer, wherein under measuring conditions of a concentration of tin-doped indium oxide fine particles of 0.7% by weight and an optical path length of a glass cell of 1 mm, a visible light transmittance is 80% or more, a solar radiation transmittance at a wavelength within a range from 300 nm to 2100 nm is 3/4 or less of the visible light transmittance, a haze value is 1.0% or less, and a reflection yellow index is -20 or more.
C08L 29/14 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acetals or ketals obtained by polymerisation of unsaturated acetals or ketals or by after-treatment of polymers of unsaturated alcohols
A fireproof resin sash that is usable in fire zones or the like is provided, regarding which fireproof performance is easily imparted to a general non- fireproof resin sash without modification of the structure thereof. In a fireproof resin sash 1, vertical frame members 11 and 12 and lateral frame members 13 and 14 that are synthetic resin members having a plurality of hollows along the longitudinal directions thereof are combined with each other to constitute an opening body 10, and vertical rail members 21 and 22 and lateral rail members 23 and 24 are combined with each other to constitute screens 20 that support windowpanes 25. Fireproof sheets 15 and 15A made up of thermally expandable fireproof material are inserted into hollows selected from the hollows of the members so that fireproof surfaces can be formed in the direction along the glass surfaces. Preferably, the thermally expandable fireproof material is formed with material having a coefficient of volumetric expansion that increases 3 to 50 times after the material is being heated for 30 minutes under radiant heat flux of 50 kW/m2 and a stress of 0.05 kgf/cm2 or higher at a breaking point after volumetric expansion measured by a compression tester with an indenter of 0.25 cm2. In addition, the fireproof sheets may be inserted together with rolled steel members or wood members into the hollows.
A membrane-electrode assembly that has high heat resistance and chemical resistance and moreover can function stably even at high temperature, the membrane-electrode assembly being made by joining gas diffusion electrodes to both faces of a proton-conductive membrane, and being characterized in that membrane-electrode joining parts where the proton-conductive membrane and the gas diffusion electrodes are joined together contain a three-dimensionally crosslinked structure that comprises metal-oxygen bonds and is formed through a sol-gel reaction; a membrane-electrode assembly as described above, characterized in that the gas diffusion electrodes have a precious metal catalyst supported on surfaces thereof in advance, or a membrane-electrode assembly as described above, characterized in that the membrane-electrode joining parts further contain carbon fine particles having a precious metal catalyst supported thereon, in addition to the three-dimensionally crosslinked structure; methods of manufacturing these membrane-electrode assemblies; and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell or direct methanol type fuel cell that uses such a membrane-electrode assembly and hence can cope with high-temperature operation.