Abstract:
A user-requested command with both visual and hearing information is indicated. Additionally, with a user friendly method, the user understands what content to input. The user-requested command is expressed in the form of a template sentence. Template part in the template sentence is vocalized, and a slot area in the template sentence is expressed using a sound or voice. The user inputs his or her voice to be input to the slot area.
Abstract:
The mailing system of the invention converts the text information into movement information using animations, object information, and background information, and sends/receives the converted information as a mail. The system analyzes the information inputted or selected by a user, creates an animation movement by using the analyzed information, and selects an object and a background by using the analyzed information. The system sends/receives the created or selected animation movement information, object information, and background information as a mail, and displays the mail as if the sender and receiver were engaging in a dialogue.
Abstract:
A novel adjuvant composition is provided that is excellent in safety and convenience as compared to the conventional adjuvant such as Alum. An adjuvant composition comprising citrullines, which are water soluble substance present in the living body, and/or a salt thereof; a vaccine composition comprising said adjuvant composition and an antigen; a process for preparing said adjuvant composition and said vaccine composition; and a method for administering said adjuvant composition and said vaccine composition are provided.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for enhancing the immunogenicity using a microneedle device capable of enhancing the immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine. According to the method for enhancing the immunogenicity using the present microneedle device, a microneedle device having microneedles made of polylactic acid, coated with an influenza vaccine composed of an antigen having type A strain (H1N1), type A strain (H3N2), and type B strain as active ingredients is brought into direct contact with the skin so as to transcutaneously administer the aforementioned influenza vaccine. After the transcutaneous administration, lauryl alcohol is applied to the site of the skin where the microneedle device has been brought into direct contact.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine.
Abstract:
An object of the invention is to provide a peptide based on a sequence of an amyloid β peptide that may allow for induction of enhanced immune response and is safe and efficacious for prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer disease. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine or a cysteine analogue, and a method for enhancing immune response to amyloid β using said peptide, a medicament for prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer disease using said amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response, and a DNA vaccine comprising a gene coding for an amyloid β peptide or a sequence derived from an amyloid β peptide with addition or insertion of cysteine or a cysteine analogue, as expected to be similarly efficacious.
Abstract:
A body section having a main channel through which a fluid to be measured flows and sections for shunting the fluid to be measured from the main channel, and a fluid measuring section provided removably from the body section and measuring the flow rate of the fluid to be measured flowing through the main channel based on the detection results of the fluid to be measured introduced from the shunting section. The fluid measuring section is fixed to the body section and shunt ratio data, i.e. the adjustment data about measurement processing inherent to the constitution of the body section, is registered in the fluid measuring section before adjusting measurement processing.
Abstract:
A modified peptide derived from matrix protein 2 (hereinafter also referred to as “M2”), one of surface layer proteins of influenza virus, and a method for utilization of the modified peptide are provided. A peptide (hereinafter also referred to as “M2eC peptide”) that is made up by inserting cysteine residue(s) into a peptide (hereinafter also referred to as “M2e”) consisting of 23 amino acid residues of from positions No. 2 to No. 24 of M2 in influenza virus type A, a fusion protein consisting of said modified peptide and a polypeptide, an influenza vaccine comprising said modified peptide or said fusion protein as an active ingredient, a device which can be delivered into the body comprising said influenza vaccine, a nucleic acid fragment consisting of a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of said modified peptide or said fusion protein, an expression vector in which said nucleic acid fragment is incorporated, a host in which said expression vector is introduced, and an antibody that has a protective effect against influenza virus.
Abstract:
A body section having a main channel through which a fluid to be measured flows and sections for shunting the fluid to be measured from the main channel, and a fluid measuring section provided removably from the body section and measuring the flow rate of the fluid to be measured flowing through the main channel based on the detection results of the fluid to be measured introduced from the shunting section. The fluid measuring section is fixed to the body section and shunt ratio data, i.e. the adjustment data about measurement processing inherent to the constitution of the body section, is registered in the fluid measuring section before adjusting measurement processing.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine.