摘要:
The use of screening assays based on the role of human stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (“hSCD1”) in human diseases, disorders or conditions relating to serum levels of triglyceride, VLDL, HDL, LDL, total cholesterol, or production of secretions from mucous membranes, monounsaturated fatty acids, wax esters, and the like, is disclosed. Also disclosed are conventions useful in the prevention and/or treatment of such diseases.
摘要:
A cell structure 10 having a plurality of cells 2 which are partitioned with partition walls 1 to form a honeycomb and which are flow paths of fluid, an outer wall 5 which encloses the cells 2 and a cavity 3 which pierces in the direction of a central axis P of the structure through a portion including the central axis P or a given axis parallel to the central axis P, where the cell structure further has an inner wall 4 on the inner surface of the cavity 3, a method for producing the cell structure, and a catalyst structure. The cell structure having the cavity has an excellent isostatic breaking strength and can exhibit proper sealing function in its cavities. Furthermore, a method for producing the cell structure, the catalyst structure, etc. are provided.
摘要:
A ceramic slurry composition is obtained by mixing a ceramic raw material powder, a water-soluble acrylic binder and water, wherein the water-soluble acrylic binder has a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to 500,000, and has an inertial square radius of not more than about 100 nm in water. The ceramic slurry composition can have a low viscosity as well as good dispersion characteristics for the ceramic raw material powder, good flow characteristics and good form characteristics, and can provide ceramic green sheets having a high density and excellent drying characteristics, by decreasing the solution viscosity, without decreasing the molecular weight of the water-soluble acrylic binder containing a hydrophobic component.
摘要:
There is disclosed a bearing device in which a double row angular contact ball bearing is mounted to an outer periphery of a hub wheel, a caulking portion is bent diametrically outward and caulked on an end face of an inner ring of a bearing, thereby preventing the bearing from falling out from the bearing device and to applying a pre-load to the bearing. An axially outer edge of the inner ring is chamfered roundly, the caulking portion is provided at its shaft end with a small-diameter portion, and a starting point of the small-diameter portion is located closer to an axially central portion than a chamfer-starting point of the axially outer edge of the inner ring.
摘要:
A die for manufacturing honeycomb bodies includes batch supply holes which are opened to a backside surface of the die, slit channels which are communicated with the batch supply holes and are opened to a foreside surface of the die and a taper worked portion which is formed by working an outer peripheral portion of the foreside surface of the die in a taper manner. In the die mentioned above, at least one cut-out portion is formed to the taper worked portion of the outer peripheral portion.
摘要:
A three-dimensional measurement device employs a slit ray projection technique to optically determine a three-dimensional image. The device offers a choice in operating modes between high-speed measurement, high-resolution measurement and large dynamic range in the depth direction, to accommodate various situations. The different modes of operation are achieved by selectively modifying one or more of the scanning speed of a projected reference beam, the readout speed of a photosensor, the line width or line spacing of the photosensor, and the number of lines per image frame.
摘要:
In a magnetic disk drive, a head carriage assembly includes a slider which is directly adhered to a carriage. The assembly, therefore, needs a minimum of constituent parts and a minimum of assembling steps. The absence of a conventional metal plate reduces the thickness of the assembly and, therefore, the overall thickness of the disk drive. The weight of the assembly is reduced in the front part of the carriage. This successfully reduces a period of time necessary for an overshoot and vibration occurring during seek due to a drive motor to attenuate, thereby reducing the reading time and writing time.
摘要:
A blood pressure measuring apparatus including an inflatable cuff which is adapted to be wound around a body portion of a living subject, an air pump which supplies a pressurized air to the cuff to inflate the cuff and thereby increase an air pressure in the cuff, so that the cuff presses the body portion of the subject, an air tank which is connected to the air pump, an air restrictor which is provided between the air tank and the cuff, a deflation-control valve which is provided between the restrictor and the cuff to control an amount of discharging of the pressurized air from the cuff and thereby control deflation of the cuff, a control device which controls the air pump to supply the pressurized air to the cuff while controlling the deflation-control valve to discharge a controlled amount of the pressurized air therethrough from the cuff, so as to increase the pressure of the cuff linearly at a predetermined first rate, and a measuring device which measures at least one blood pressure value of the subject based on a pulse wave which is produced from an artery of the body portion of the subject in synchronism with a heartbeat of the subject while the pressure of the cuff is linearly increased at the first rate by the control device.
摘要:
An electrode structure includes a metallic electrode having a configuration of a bending cylinder and having a plurality of members disposed successively in an axial direction of the electrode and mutually connected with adjacent member(s); a case for installing the metallic electrode and one end of a lead wire for electrification therein; and an insulating member which is positioned between the case and the electrode and which the case from the electrode. An electric heater includes a housing, a honeycomb structure installed in the housing, and the electrode structure for electrifying the honeycomb structure. The electrode structure exhibits excellent composability, waterproof ability, and gas sealability.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus for exposing in a step-and-scan manner a plate-like member to a pattern with radiation so that images of the pattern are transferred onto different regions on the plate-like member. The apparatus includes a mirror imaging optical system for projecting the image of the pattern onto the plate-like member, a carriage for scanningly moving, at the time of exposure, the plate-like member relative to the mirror imaging system, and a stage movably mounted on the carriage for step-feeding the plate-like member at the time of non-exposure so as to sequentially place the different regions of the plate-like member at an exposure station under the mirror imaging system. A locking system is provided to lock the stage relative to the carriage by use of vacuum, at the time of exposure, whereby unwanted displacement of the plate-like member relative to the carriage at the time of scanning exposure is prevented. Also, any positional deviation which may be caused by the locking of the stage is compensated for, by controlling supply of air pressure to linear air-bearings supporting the carriage.