Nippon Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Keiichi Yokoyama

Masayasu Hasegawa

Masaaki Yoshikawa

Ryouichi Yasumoto

Hiroyuki Fujita

Jun Ozawa

Shinobu Adachi

Atsushi Yokoyama

Souksakhone Bounyong

Tatsuya Kasajima

Misaka Kimura

Masaaki Tsubouchi

Yuya Watanabe

Leo Matsuoka

Hiroshi Akagi

A risk-of-falling determination apparatus includes a walk information obtainer that obtains walk information of a user, a myoelectric sensor that measures a first myoelectric potential difference on an anterior surface of a thigh of the user and a second myoelectric potential difference on a posterior surface of the thigh, a control circuit that identifies an interval of a stance phase by using the walk information, calculates a degree of co-contraction at a corresponding leg of the user on the basis of the first and second myoelectric potential differences for the stance phase, and determines whether the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and an outputter that outputs a signal indicating that the user has a high risk of falling if the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

Risk-of-falling determination apparatus, risk-of-falling determination method, recording medium, and output apparatus

Molecules of a specific species can be selectively excited among molecules of a plurality of species that show only a slight difference of mass. Energy levels can be displayed on a graph where the horizontal axis indicates excitation energy. Assume an instance where an electromagnetic wave showing a comb-shaped spectrum having a plurality of narrow bands as indicated by Pthrough Pand tuning with excitation energies corresponding to the rotational levels of molecule X is irradiated onto the molecule X. The molecule X can sequentially make transitions to higher energy levels by using an electromagnetic wave showing such a comb-shaped spectrum. The energy levels of molecule Y are not synchronized with the comb-shaped spectrum. The two ranges of Ythrough Yand Ythrough Yoperate as gates and the molecule Y cannot make transition from a rotational level to another when a gate is found between them.

Selective molecular excitation method and isotope separation method using the same, isotope analysis method, selective molecular excitation apparatus and isotope separation apparatus

Disclosed is a method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor composition from natural materials, which composition is of use as an antihypertensive drug or diet. The method comprises heating a meat in water at a temperature not lower than 50.degree. C. to extract water-soluble protein and hydrolyzing the residue predominantly composed of water-insoluble protein with a protease.

Method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme

A method of producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-containing composition, which is of value as an antihypertensive agent or diet, from natural resources. According to the method, proteins are hydrolyzed with a protease elaborated by a microorganism of the genus Bacillus, Aspergillus or Rhizopus or a protease of papaya origin.

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Kyoto, Japan

Keiichi Yokoyama