Abstract:
Disclosed is a CO2 permselective membrane 1 having an amino acid ionic liquid and a porous membrane impregnated with the amino acid ionic liquid, wherein the amino acid ionic liquid contains a certain range of water.
Abstract:
A conductivity distribution derivation method for deriving a conductivity distribution within a battery having an electrode plate that is flat includes: obtaining magnetic field information indicating a magnetic field; and deriving, based on a plurality of relational expressions which (i) an x component of a magnetic field vector in an x direction parallel to the electrode plate, (ii) a y component of the magnetic field vector in a y direction parallel to the electrode plate and perpendicular to the x direction, (iii) the conductivity distribution on a two-dimensional plane parallel to the electrode plate, and (iv) an electric potential distribution on a two-dimensional plane parallel to the electrode plate satisfy, the conductivity distribution that satisfies the plurality of relational expressions with respect to the magnetic field information.
Abstract:
An optical measuring method for measuring a concentration of a fermentation inhibitor included in a biomass-derived fermentation raw material includes acquiring a diffuse reflection spectrum or a transmission spectrum relating to a measurement target 40 which includes the biomass-derived fermentation raw material by radiating near-infrared light to the measurement target 40, and computing the concentration of the fermentation inhibitor based on the diffuse reflection spectrum or the transmission spectrum.
Abstract:
A HCV particle formation promoter is capable of promoting formation of HCV particles in culture cells, and a method enhances production of HCV particles. A method evaluates an anti-HCV agent candidate substance, and a method produces a HCV vaccine. The HCV particle formation promoter includes as an active ingredient a statin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Addition of the statin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to HCV-infected culture cells can promote formation of infectious HCV particles and enhance production of the particles. In addition, an anti-HCV agent candidate substance is evaluated by culturing HCV-infected cells in the presence of the HCV particle formation promoter and the anti-HCV agent candidate substance. Further, a HCV vaccine is produced by using HCV particles produced by the method of enhancing production of HCV particles.
Abstract:
A drill guide has a main body in which a drill insertion hole is formed and plural projection portions to be inserted into plural bone tunnels. The plural projection portions project forward from the main body parallel with the center line of the drill insertion hole, a virtual drill insertion hole which extends from the drill insertion hole of the main body is formed between the plural projection portions parallel with their center lines by cutting out confronting portions of the plural projection portions, and the length of at least one of the drill insertion hole and the virtual drill insertion hole is 5 mm or more. The drill guide can guide a drill so as to be correctly between plural bone tunnels bored through a living body bone without causing axis deviation so that a link bone tunnel for connecting the plural bone tunnels can be formed between them in the same direction as their direction.
Abstract:
A motion detector comprising a substrate on a surface of which a plurality of pyroelectric elements for 5 detecting infrared light emitted from an object are placed at intervals, a detection circuit for converting an input signal from each pyroelectric element into a voltage signal to output the voltage signal, and a determination means for comparing the output signal of the detection circuit with a preset reference value to determine whether or not there is a motion of the object in detection regions that are set within 10 predetermined detection distances from the pyroelectric elements, wherein the output signal of the detection circuit is configured to be constant in a set frequency band, and the motion detector further comprises a movement information calculating means for calculating movement information containing information on a distance to the object and a direction of movement of the object determined by the 15 determination means.
Abstract:
A Plasma functional liquid producing device, a method thereof, and a plant factory that exhibit excellent cleaning and sterilizing effects even when plasma gas is introduced into a liquid through bubbling. The Plasma functional liquid producing device comprises a plasma head that generates plasma gas containing active species from plasma generating gas, a plasma gas releasing section that releases the plasma gas in a bubbled state, and a Plasma functional liquid generating section equipped with a plasma functional liquid generating tank storing a solvent, which generates a plasma functional liquid by introducing the plasma gas in the bubbled state into the solvent, wherein the oxygen concentration of the plasma generating gas is preferably 90% or more.
Abstract:
A method for making a recombinant gene includes searching a database using a nucleotide sequence of a coding region, a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence, or an amino acid sequence, of a gene, for one or more nucleotide sequences having homology; selecting one or more nucleotide sequences other than nucleotide sequences only derived from a genome from the selected nucleotide sequences; for ones of the selected one or more nucleotide sequences comprising an upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence, analyzing whether the upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence is a functional sequence to select one or more first functional sequences; for ones of the selected one or more nucleotide sequences comprising no upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence, analyzing whether a gene information has any description indicating a functional sequence to select one or more second functional sequences; scoring the selected functional sequences; and selecting one or more functional sequences.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a complex containing a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module and a proteolysis tag, wherein the module is linked to the proteolysis tag, the module specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in a double stranded DNA, and the tag consists of (i) a peptide containing 3 hydrophobic amino acid residues at the C-terminal, or (ii) a peptide containing 3 amino acid residues at the C-terminal wherein at least a part of the amino acid residues is substituted by serine.
Abstract:
An object is to realize a novel reverse osmosis membrane (more specifically, reverse osmosis composite membrane) that is capable of suppressing biofouling. The object is attained with use of a reverse osmosis composite membrane which is obtained by chemically modifying a surface thereof with a compound that has an amino group and that is obtained by modifying the amino group with two molecules of α-picolyl group and has a dipicolylamine structure.