Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kimoto Co, Ltd.

Kanto Gakuin University Surface Engineering Research Institute

Kanto Gakuin School Corporation

Japan Surface Treatment Institute Co., Ltd.

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Kracie Holdings, Ltd.

Sankyo Kasei Co., Ltd.

Mitsuhiro Watanabe

Kenichi Fujii

Tatsuhiko Sakai

Kazuo Moritomo

Masanori Nakahara

Koichi Misumi

Hideo Honma

Ken'ichi Fujii

Toru Nakakubo

Ken Eguchi

Koji Saito

Tetsuji Ohta

Masashi Hamada

Shunji Arai

Keiko Kitamura

Shoji Suzuki

Kinji Saijo

Kazuo Yoshida

Shigeru Hiroki

Rie Saito

Mitsuru Otsuka

Shinji Ohsawa

Shoichi Takashima

Kuniaki Ohtsuka

Yoshihiro Tanigawa

Yuichiro Tsutsui

Tetsuo Yumoto

Shimpei Watanabe

Satoshi Inamasu

Ken′ichi Fujii

Koji Nanbu

Yoko Takashina

Yuichi Saito

Ken'ichi Fuji

[Problem] To provide a novel medicine that is capable of promoting cholesterol metabolism to thereby treat, ameliorate or prevent various symptoms associated with increase in blood cholesterol level. [Solution] The present inventors newly found that arctigenin has an effect of promoting the conversion of cholesterol into bile acid. The present invention provides a bile acid synthesis promoter, a composition for promoting bile acid synthesis and a food composition for promoting bile acid synthesis each comprising arctigenin and/or arctiin as active ingredient(s).

Bile acid synthesis promoter, composition for promoting bile acid synthesis and food composition for promoting bile acid synthesis

In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.

Communication apparatus and communication method

This invention has as its object to set a one-to-one relationship upon establishing a wireless communication channel between a wireless communication device on the information transmitting side and a wireless communication device that receives and processes the information even in an environment including a plurality of wireless communication devices, and to assure simple user's operations at least until the communication channel is established. To this end, when the user inputs a wireless communication channel establishment instruction to both a digital camera and printer having wireless communication functions, these devices execute wireless communication establishment processes within an allowable time period which is specified by a time set in a timer and a retry count. When the devices can seize each other within that time period, the communication channel is established. After that, the digital camera sends a sensed image to the printer, which prints the sensed image.

Wireless communication system, device, and control method for searching multiple communication frequency channels and processing cryptographic communication in an infrastructure mode using a received communication parameter including information of an encrypted key

A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected. In a case where the device capability attributes of respective communication terminals are equal, a communication terminal storing the provision attribute information indicative of the state that it can provide the communication parameters is selected as a provision device.

Communication apparatus, communication system, and method for setting communication parameters of the communication apparatus

Wireless communication system, and wireless communication device and control method for establishing a connection with another wireless device before an elapsed time period without the intervention of a base station

A battery having high output voltage, high energy density and excellent charge and discharge cycle characteristics is achieved through the use of one of the following negative electrode base members as a negative electrode base member for lithium ion secondary batteries: a negative electrode base member where a metal film is formed on a support having an organic film; such a negative electrode base member where the surface layer of the organic film is covered with a metal oxide film; a negative electrode base member where a metal film is formed on a support having a composite film formed from a composite film-forming material containing an organic component and an inorganic component; and a negative electrode base member where a silica coating is formed, on a support having a photoresist pattern, from a silica film-forming coating liquid and a metal film is formed on the support after removing the photoresist pattern.

Negative electrode base member

An anode substrate which enables achievement of a battery having a high output voltage and a high energy density, and being superior in charge and discharge cycle characteristics; a secondary cell in which the anode substrate is used; a resin composition for use in forming the anode substrate; and a method for producing the anode substrate are provided. According to anode substrateincluding metal filmformed on supportprovided with patterned organic filmmolded by a thermal imprint process or a photoimprint process, a battery having a high output voltage and a high energy density, and being superior in charge and discharge cycle characteristics can be provided.

Anode substrate

A material for forming electroless plate shows favorable catalyst adhering property, and shows no delamination of catalyst adhering layer from non-conductive base material, no dissolution of catalyst adhering layer into a plating solution, and no discoloration of interface of plate layer with catalyst adhering layer during the catalyst adhering step, development step and other steps. The material includes a non-conductive base material and a catalyst adhering layer, provided on the non-conductive base and including a water-insoluble polyester resin The catalyst adhering layer shows a contact angle of 60&#xb0; or smaller to purified water.

Material for forming electroless plate, coating solution for adhering catalyst, method for forming electroless plate, and plating method

A fuel cell system that includes a cell unit comprising a fuel cell, a fuel tank unit for storing a fuel to be supplied to the cell unit, and a fuel feed unit for supplying the fuel from the fuel tank unit to the cell unit in a thin housing having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The fuel tank unit, the fuel feed unit, and the cell unit are located in a specific order in one direction between two opposite ends of the housing. The fuel tank unit includes a valve, which supplies fuel to the fuel feed unit and opens to supply the fuel to the fuel feed unit only when the fuel tank unit is mounted. The fuel feed unit connects sides of the fuel tank unit and the cell unit that face each other and reduces a pressure of a gaseous fuel supplied from the fuel tank unit.

Fuel cell system with a cell unit and fuel tank unit in a housing and electronic device

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Ebina, Japan

Mitsuhiro Watanabe