Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contact type capacitive displacement sensor of an area change measuring system capable of reducing a mechanical installation error and an error caused by inconsistency between a driving direction and a measuring direction. SOLUTION: This contact type capacitive displacement sensor of the present invention includes: a fixed element provided with a fixed plate, and a fixed conductive pattern formed on the fixed plate and having a periodic pattern of a conductor; a moving element provided with a moving plate, and a moving conductive pattern formed on the moving plate and having the periodic pattern of the conductor, contacting with the fixed element each other, and movable to be relatively displaced each other; an electric power source for supplying electric power to the sensor; and a signal detecting means for detecting a change of an electric capacity between the fixed element and the moving element. The fixed element and the moving element have respectively insulation films related to the corresponding conductive patterns, and the electric capacity is fluctuated between the fixed conductor and the moving conductor along with fluctuation in an overlapped area therebetween, when the both conductors are moved relatively. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact and lightweight moving type microflow controller through fine pressure control, movable for portable use and capable of controlling effectively a microflow in a chip. SOLUTION: This microflow controller includes a pressure generation part provided with a plurality of pressurizing chambers and decompression chambers for generating set pressures respectively, a valve kit including a plurality of selection valves, and a valve control part for controlling the selection valves to select the set pressure transmitted to a biochip. The each selection valve is constituted to transmit the one set pressure out of the many kinds of set pressures corresponding to the respective pressure chambers, to the biochip through a connection passage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Disclosed are peptides having SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 24 that induce superoxide generation by human monocytes or neutrophils; that induce an intracellular calcium increase by human peripheral blood monocytes or neutrophils; binds to formyl peptide receptor or formyl peptide receptor-like 1; that induce chemotactic migration of human monocytes or neutrophils in vitro; that induce degranulation in formyl peptide receptor expressing cells or formyl peptide receptor-like 1 expressing cells; that stimulate extracellular signal regulated protein kinase phosphorylation via activation of formyl peptide receptor or formyl peptide receptor-like 1; or that stimulate Akt phosphorylation via activation of formyl peptide receptor or formyl peptide receptor-like 1.
Abstract:
A micelle drug composition having an enhanced drug-loading capacity and improved sustained-release characteristics comprising an amphiphilic block copolymer including at least one hydrophilic blocks and at least one hydrophobic blocks. The block copolymer comprises functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, amine, hydroxyl, amide, thiol and sulfonic acid groups, in the hydrophobic block chain of the copolymer, and the average number of the functional groups range from 1.1 to 30.