Sony Corporation

Chiba University

Japan Eco Science Co., Ltd.

Miroku Co., Ltd.

Keiyo Plant Engineering Co., Ltd.

Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.

Kanazawa University

Independent Administrative Institution National Fisheries University

Hiroaki Kodama

Kou Nagata

Kazuo Ogawa

Masahira Hattori

Hirokuni Miyamoto

Takumi Nishiuchi

Hisashi Miyamoto

Kazutoshi Inoue

Tomofumi Arakawa

Satoshi Araki

Yasunori Machida

Takuya Kamitai

Kenshiro Oshima

Masaki Ito

Wataru Suda

Kazuto Ishikawa

Teruo Matsushita

Sankichi Horiuchi

Manami Seta

Toshiyuki Ito

Kenichi Mori

Satoshi Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd Araki

Provided are a functional microbial material and a method for producing a fermentation product, wherein the functional microbial material and the fermentation product are environment-friendly and improve the quality of crops. The present invention relates to a microbial material and a method for producing a fermentation product wherein the microbial material and the fermentation product are obtained by fermentation of a fermentation raw material including a plant-derived raw material and an animal-derived raw material using a population of microorganisms including a plurality of species of thermophilic microorganisms, and lead to a remedy for soil and water pollution and to the inhibition of greenhouse gas generation, as well as contribute to improvements in the functionality of plants, particularly the expression of genes involved in biophylaxis and resistant to high-temperature disorder, and an increase in antioxidant components. Quality enhancement of plants is promoted without genetic recombination, using a population of microorganisms that have a function to restore the environment and a function as an elicitor for the plant. Further, burdens on the natural environment are maintained and restored through normal production activities.

Microbial material for reducing soil/water quality contamination, restricting warming gas generation, and improving plant function, and method for manufacturing fermentation product

To provide a mixture, a dissolving solution and a pharmaceutical agent, which contain a thermophilic microorganism to make it possible to regulate a mucous membrane immune system gene cluster and metabolism-related gene clusters of the intestines and the liver. Each of them is prepared by fermentation of an organic material containing a thermophilic microorganism at a temperature of 50&#xb0; C. or more and 90&#xb0; C. or less. By being administered to the animal, it regulates at least one of a mucous membrane immune system gene cluster, a metabolism-related gene cluster in the intestines, and a metabolism-related gene cluster in the liver of the animal. The microorganism includes at least one species of the genus, and

Mixture, dissolving solution and pharmaceutical agent each comprising thermophilic microorganism

Control of cell cycle is important in crop breeding, and it is demanded to develop, through the control, techniques for modifying cell growth in plants, techniques for modifying the development/differentiation of plant individuals and plant genes for use therein. It has been successfully disclosed that plant gene 3Rmyb is a factor indispensable for the multiplication of plant cells. Thus, there are provided, with the gene as a target, techniques for modifying the multiplication of plant cells and techniques for modifying the development/differentiation of plant individuals, and there can be obtained plants and plant cells retaining modified cell growth and development/differentiation. These enable development of plants with desirable properties, such as specified organ enlargement, male sterility or improved stress resistance.

Plant cells and plant bodies with modified cell growth, development and differentiation

A semiconductor device able to improve data retaining characteristics and decrease power consumption, further able to realize more unrestricted system without increasing excessive circuits, and having the following: an ALPG receiving a start signal and a mode selection signal to generate commands and addresses with respect to a DRAM circuit with the predetermined patterns in accordance with modes, and outputting an ending signal when ending a pattern generating processing in each of modes; an ECC circuit receiving a start signal and a mode selection signal indicating a parity generation mode to generate a parity based on data read from the DRAM circuit, receiving the start signal and a mode selection signal indicating an error correction mode to perform an error correction with respect to data read from the DRAM circuit based on the parity generated in the parity generation mode and outputting data after correcting; and an interface circuit.

Semiconductor device to improve data retention characteristics of DRAM

A semiconductor memory device according to the present invention includes a BIST circuit for evaluating quality of each of memory cells and a buffer (memory) for storing address information of abnormal cells which information is sent from the BIST circuit, the BIST circuit and the buffer being mounted on the same chip as a DRAM. A repair search circuit determines a minimum of address information required to determine redundant cells for replacement in the address information of the abnormal cells which information is sent from the BIST circuit, and stores only the determined address information in the buffer. Since only a minimum of address pairs required determining the redundant cells for repairing the abnormal cells are stored in the buffer, circuit scale is reduced. Further, processing for calculating address information of the redundant cells for repairing the abnormal cells can be performed at high speed.

Semiconductor memory device, repair search method, and self-repair method

A memory unit includes unit blocks laid out to form a block matrix. Each of the unit blocks has a plurality of memory cells laid out to form a cell matrix and redundant lines including redundant memory cells each used for repairing an abnormal memory cell. Every plurality of unit blocks forms a two-dimensional group oriented in a first direction and a second direction, and the redundant lines connected in the first and second directions are shared by the unit blocks pertaining to the two-dimensional group. Self-repair means embedded in the same chip as the memory unit stores only a minimum number of address pairs in storage means provided for each of the unit blocks as address pairs required for determining a redundant line to be used for repairing an abnormal memory cell and, then, finds a redundant line to be used for repairing an abnormal memory cell for each of the unit blocks pertaining to the two-dimensional group on the basis of the address pairs stored in the storage means.

Semiconductor memory apparatus and self-repair method

In a memory unit provided by the present invention, unit blocks are laid out to form a block matrix. Each of the unit blocks has a plurality of memory cells arranged to form a cell matrix and a redundant line including a redundant memory cell. A plurality of unit blocks in the block matrix forms a one-dimensional group oriented in a first or second direction so that unit blocks pertaining to each one-dimensional group share a redundant line. Self-repair means embedded in the same chip as the memory unit stores only a minimum number of address pairs required for determining a redundant line to be used for repairing an abnormal memory cell for each unit block in storage means. The address of the redundant line to be used for repairing an abnormal memory is then found for each unit block on the basis of the minimum number of address pairs stored in the storage means. By storing only minimum required address information as such, a small size of the storage means and, hence, small circuit scales are sufficient. In addition, since a repair search is carried out by the embedded self-repair means in the same chip as the memory unit, the repair search can be carried out at a high processing speed.

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