摘要:
The present invention relates to human, rat and mouse stem cell-derived neuron survival factor polypeptides (SDNSF), a process for producing them, cDNA encoding SDNSF, a vector comprising the cDNA, host cells transformed by the vector, an antibody against SDNSF, pharmaceutical compositions containing SDNSF or the antibody, a method of assaying SDNSF, a reagent for assaying SDNSF, and a screening method using SDNSF. The polypeptides are effective in the survival of nerve cells and, therefore, efficacious in treating injury to the central nerve system caused by brain infarction, brain hemorrhage, spinal cord injury, etc.
摘要:
A vehicle-mounted device communication controller includes a vehicle-mounted unit for communicating with ID-registered portable units, a switch-detection mechanism for detecting pressing of an operation knob, a switch-operation restriction mechanism for restricting the rotation of the knob, and a door-opening/closure detection mechanism for detecting opening and closure of a door. Signals are exchanged between the vehicle-mounted unit and each portable unit, and a portable unit having succeeded in exchanging the signals is authenticated and released from the restriction. The vehicle-mounted unit includes a sending/receiving part, a controller, an authentication part, and an ID-storage part. When the door-opening/closure detection mechanism detects opening and then closure of the door, the controller performs the search by an all search method, and only when the latest authenticated ID is stored in the ID-storage part, performs the search by an urgent search method using a simple response signal which does not include an ID.
摘要:
An imaging apparatus is disclosed that is operated by an operator and is configured to execute an imaging operation involving reading an original document. The apparatus includes a pattern detecting unit configured to determine whether a pattern is printed on the original document, and user information registering an authorized user name of an authorized user that is authorized to direct the execution of the imaging operation in a case where the pattern is detected from the original document by the pattern detecting unit. The execution of the imaging operation is controlled in a case where the pattern is detected from the original document and the operator does not correspond to the authorized user with the authorized user name registered in the user information.
摘要:
The invention provides a rubber-modified copolymer resin which is excellent in transparency, impact resistance and rigidity and which has little dependency of the transparency on molding conditions, and a rubber-modified copolymer resin composition which has the above characteristics and which has high practical strength.A transparent rubber-modified copolymer resin which is a rubber-modified copolymer resin obtained by copolymerizing a styrenic monomer and a (meth)acrylic ester monomer in the presence of a rubbery polymer, and which is characterized in that the volume mean particle diameter of rubber particles dispersed in the resin, is from 0.4 to 2.0 μm, and in the cumulative rubber particle size distribution curve by volume, the difference between the diameter at an integrated value of 75% and the diameter at an integrated value of 25%, is from 0.2 to 2.0 μm; and a rubber-modified copolymer resin composition comprising from 60 to 99.9 mass % of the transparent rubber-modified copolymer resin (A) and from 0.1 to 40 mass % of an emulsion graft copolymer (B).
摘要:
A control system for a plant, includes a sliding mode controller for controlling the plant with a sliding mode control. The sliding mode controller controls the plant using a switching function defined as a linear function of a deviation between an output of the plant and a control target value, and changes the switching function according to at least one of a parameter indicative of the output of the plant and a parameter indicative of an amount of change in the output of the plant.
摘要:
The present invention provides a motion vector detection apparatus for performing a hierarchy motion vector detection process, in which an unnecessary second hierarchy motion detection process is cut down and times of error calculation required in the second hierarchy motion detection process are reduced, whereby a motion vector is detected at a high speed and with high precision. This motion vector detection apparatus comprises a comparison decision unit u5a for referring to a motion compensation error corresponding to a detected motion vector of a neighboring block, thereby deciding a case where the coding efficiency is not improved even when the second hierarchy motion detection is performed.
摘要:
An image signal expressing pel values and a significance signal, declaring for each pel whether the pel value is significant, are supplied as input signals. By referring to the input significance signal values for the pels proximal to the pel being processed, the significant pels are identified and a resolution conversion characteristics selector selects one of two or more frequency conversion characteristics to be used for resolution conversion of the image signal using only significant pels. A resolution converter then converts the resolution of the input image signal using the selected resolution conversion characteristic, and outputs the result as the image conversion apparatus output signal. Resolution conversion of the input image signal can therefore be accomplished by means of pel subsampling or interpolation without being affected by nonsignificant pels, and resolution conversion with minimal image quality loss caused by the conversion process is achieved.
摘要:
An image coding apparatus for coding an input signal including an image signal of an array of pixels having pixel values and a significant signal showing whether the image signal is significant is characterized by a prediction image generating device for specifying, as a target area, and area of the input image signal to be the target of coding, on the basis of the input significant signal, and generating a prediction image for the target area, using locally reproduced image. In accordance with the invention, the influence of the pixel values of the insignificant pixels on the coding process is reduced, whereby the coding efficiency is improved.
摘要:
A method of padding an image signal comprising dividing an image signal of an object into plural regions; processing the plural regions in a prescribed processing order; padding an insignificant region with a padding value obtained by a prescribed method; which region abuts a boundary region including a boundary of the object, and is composed of insignificant pixels; and generating additional information with reference to significant signals showing whether significant pixels are included, for each of the plural regions, by a prescribed method, which additional information is referred to when the pixel values of pixels in the plural regions are padded. Both the boundary region and the insignificant region adjacent to the boundary region are padded, and region by region padding is performed using the additional information. Therefore, when the image is encoded or decoded, a prediction signal with less difference can be obtained even for an image of great motion, whereby the delay time and the arithmetic amount in the coding and decoding processes are significantly reduced.