Kowa Company Limited

Ishikawajima-harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Konami Co., Ltd.

Yuji Yoshikawa

Nobuhiro Yamada

Naoto Ishibashi

Takenori Nakanishi

Megumi Yamamoto

Mami Seki

Takao Tagaeto

A medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of hepatic steatosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, which comprises a polyprenyl compound (e.g., 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2,4,6,10,14-hexadecapentaenoic acid) as an active ingredient.

Medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of hepatic steatosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

A game system comprises a first storing device storing data for identifying strength and weakness of characters belonging to a player and an opponent; a first display control device for displaying a first game picture which expresses a state of a competitive game in which the player and the opponent compete by using the characters; an outcome determining device for determining an outcome of the competitive game based on the data stored in the first storing device; a second storing device storing data for identifying, with respect to a plurality of areas defined by dividing a predetermined field into a matrix, that each of the areas belongs to a territory of the player or the opponent; a second display control device for displaying a second game picture, on which the field is expressed in such a manner that the territory belonging to the player can be differentiated from the territory belonging to the opponent, based on the data stored in the second storing device; and a data updating device for changing the data in the second storing device so that, when the player won the competitive game, there is a first change relating to the win, in that the territory belonging to the player increases, and in addition, there is a second change relating to the increase of the territory, in that at least one of the areas which is in a predetermined positional relationship with an increased part of the territory by the first change and an acquired part of the territory already belonging to the player is switched to the territory belonging to the player. Therefore, the game system prevents difficulty in determining the outcome of the game, while eliminating monotony thereof.

Game system and computer-readable recording medium used in the same

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the oxygen gas is introduced into a horizontal, unitary and totally-closed furnace shell, and nuclear fuel to be reprocessed is charged onto an oxidation and separation plate which is horizontally disposed for vibration within the furnace shell along the axis, so that the nuclear fuel may be reprocessed by oxidation in the oxygen atmosphere while the fuel is vibrated and transported on the oxidation and separation plate and the reprocessed nuclear fuel in the form of particles may be discharged. At the same time released volatile fission products from the pulverized fuel are isolated by means of a vacuum blower. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a reduction furnace which is substantially similar in construction to the oxidation furnace described above except that a reducing gas is supplied by an independent source. If this reduction furnace connects with the oxidation furnace, the cyclic reprocessing of nuclear fuel may be effected through the oxidation and reduction furnaces. In this specification the term 'nuclear fuel' refers to both irradiated and not-irradiated nuclear fuels including or not including their sheaths.

Nuclear fuel reprocessing apparatus

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Yuji Yoshikawa