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Adv Antest Corporation

Hiroshi Mori

Takeshi Ozeki

Masanori Yoshida

Eiji Kimura

Masatoshi Bendo

Yosuke Fukada

Disclosed, as a &#x3b3;-secretase inhibitor, is a compound consisting of an amino acid sequence which consists of at least three consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence Val-Val-Ile-Ala-Thr-Val-Ile-Val-Ile-Thr-Leu-Val-Met-Leu-Lys-Lys-Lys including Leu at position 11, wherein, between the Leu and one or both amino acids located immediately before or after it, the peptide bond, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;NH&#x2014;, is replaced with a hydroxyethylene group, &#x2014;CHOH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;, wherein the N terminus has an alkyloxycarbonyl group based on C1-10 alkyl that may carry phenyl or naphthyl as a substituent group, wherein the C terminus is converted to alkyl ester or alkyl amide based on C1-10 alkyl that may carry phenyl or naphthyl as a substituent group, and wherein the hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group of the Thr at position 10 may be replaced with a C1-4 hydrophobic group or a Z group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Gamma-secretase inhibitors

The invention provides fragrance-emitting shaped articles such as slide fasteners which retain the various characteristics inherent to polyacetal resins. Shaped articles such as the row of engaging teeth, top end stop and bottom end stop or separable end stop assembly for a slide fastener are manufactured from a resin composition comprising a polyacetal resin and a fragrance material having an aldehyde group-free chemical structure and a boiling point which is at least as high as the polyacetal resin processing temperature.

Polyacetal resin composition and fragrance-emitting shaped article

A camera having a multi-purpose cover comprising a camera body having a multi-purpose cover provided thereon, the multi-purpose camera being provided in such a manner that the cover can outwardly move the outline of the camera body. The camera having a multi-purpose cover has improved handaling properties and enhanced protecting functions.

Camera having multipurpose cover

A polarization mode dispersion measuring apparatus includes a variable wavelength light source for providing light of a variety of wavelengths; a light intensity modulator optically connected to the light source to provide light of modulated intensity; a polarization controller optically connected to the light intensity modulator to provide light of controlled polarization; a beam splitter optically connected to the polarization controller to provide beams of p and s polarization components; an O/E conversion unit optically connected to the beam splitter to provide electrical signals with respect to the beams of the p and s polarization components; and an analyzing unit for controlling the light intensity modulator to provide a sine wave of a predetermined frequency and a predetermined intensity, and the light source and the polarization controller to determine parameters of Jones matrix from the electrical signals and a polarization mode dispersion defined by the parameters, thereby measuring a polarization mode dispersion of an object placed between the polarization controller and the beam splitter.

Polarization mode dispersion measuring instrument and method

A measurement apparatus and method for evaluating a light emitting device automatically measures a carrier-noise ratio, an optical modulation index, and a relative intensity noise of the light emitting device, and graphically displays the resulted data. The measurement apparatus includes a photo detector for converting an input light signal from the light emitting device to an electric current, a DC amplifier for amplifying a DC component of the electric current, a first analog-to-digital convertor for digitizing the output of the DC amplifier, a RF amplifier for amplifying a high frequency component of the electric current, a detector for detecting the output of the RF amplifier, a second analog-to-digital convertor for digitizing the output of the detector, a controller for controlling sequences of automatic measuring operations, a display device for displaying the characteristics of the light emitting device.

Measurement apparatus for evaluating characteristics of light emitting

An optical FM characteristics measurement apparatus for measuring the light signal from a laser diode is capable of automatically and precisely determining a frequency discriminating point of the interferometer and maintain the discriminating point during the measurement. The measurement apparatus can distinguish an intensity modulation component from a frequency modulation component in the light signal from the laser diode, therefore, it can improve measurement accuracy and operation efficiency. The measurement apparatus has an interferometer control unit for controlling the interferometer used as an optical frequency discriminator, a processing unit for calculating a discriminating point using output of a photodiode and for storing its value, switches for detecting an increasing point or a decreasing point of the interferometer output based on the discriminating point, a switch for monitoring peak value of the interferometer in real time, and a network analyzer which is capable of analyzing the incoming signal in terms of amplitude and phase.

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Ohizumi-machi, Japan

Hiroshi Mori