The present invention provides an immunostimulatory complex specifically adapted to act as adjuvant and as a peptide immunogen stabilizer. The immunostimulatory complex comprises a CpG oligonucleotide and a biologically active peptide immunogen. The immunostimulatory complex is particulate and can efficiently present peptide immunogens to the cells of the immune system to produce an immune respons...

The invention relates to an electric tool comprising: a drive device (420); an output shaft (200) that transmits a rotatory force of the drive device (420), and; a gear wheel that is mounted with play on the output shaft (200). The output shaft (200), on the side of the gear wheel, and an opening (315; 325) of the gear wheel (300) that receives the output shaft each have contours, which are adapte...

A process for producing styrene-modified particles of a linear low-density polyethylene resin which comprises: a step in which 100 parts by weight of particles of a noncrosslinked linear low-density polyethylene resin which have been obtained by polymerization using a metallocene compound as a catalyst and contain an inorganic nucleating agent are dispersed in a dispersant-containing aqueous suspe...

A power transmission belt having a compression rubber layer and an adhesion rubber layer as rubber layers, wherein the compression rubber layer and the adhesion rubber layer have been subjected to vulcanization adhesion and a reinforcement is buried in the adhesion rubber layer, and wherein at least the compression rubber layer of the above rubber layers comprises an ethylene-Alpha-olefin-diene ru...

Provided are readily-fibrillable fibers of PVA polymer, having good chemical resistance, hydrophilicity, weather resistance and water resistance. The PVA fibers have a flattened cross-sectional profile and have a mean thickness D ( mu m) that satisfies the following formula (1): 0.4 wherein D = S/L; S indicates the cross-section area ( mu m<2>) of the fibers; and L ...

A vehicular transmission system (10) including a centrifugally operated master friction clutch (20) for drivingly coupling an engine (18) to an input shaft (28) of a mechanical transmission (12). Closed loop engine speed (ES) control is utilized to control engagement of the clutch during vehicle launch conditions.

An interactive system which makes use of interactive electronic tags (ID) includes a tag reader ( 24 ) and a processing terminal ( 32 ). Profile information stored on an interactive tag (ID) can be altered using profile data, which may be promotional data, carried by another tag (PRINF) in accordance with operating instructions, for example cut, copy, paste, delete and so on, carried by a further ...

The present invention is to provide a method for forming various patterns such as a metal or metal compound pattern, in which the amounts of the materials constituting the pattern which are removed during the formation step can be suppressed to the minimum. The method comprises a resin pattern forming step of forming on the surface of a substrate a resin pattern capable of absorbing a solution con...

A method for routing traffic in a server system and a computer system utilizing the same is disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises sensing a first condition in a server of a plurality of servers and adjusting traffic to the server in response to the first condition. In a second aspect, a computer system comprises a plurality of servers, wherein each of the plurality of servers comprisi...

A built structure having an upward facing surface; said built structure supporting a first image; said upward facing surface overlaid by said first image in the form of first upwardly facing advertising indicia; said first image arranged for visibility from craft passing over said built structure and so as to be discernable by observers in said craft when said craft is within a predetermined legib...

A differential mechanism includes annular wave springs, each spring located between the back of a side gear and the inner surface of a differential casing. The spring is formed with waves that extend around the spring's circumference and radially across its width, each wave having an amplitude formed of angularly spaced peaks and valleys spaced angularly and located between the peaks. When the mec...

A method of applying layers of material in the manufacture of electronic components, for example, capacitors, transistors or diodes comprises each layer being applied as a liquid precursor and then causing or allowing it to solidify to form a solid layer. A dispensing means for example, a needle dispenser 20 for delivering precursor liquid is provided, and the dispensing means comprises a delivery...

A method for establishing an encrypted communication channel between a first apparatus and a second apparatus by using a session management apparatus is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: establishing a first encrypted communication channel between the session management apparatus and the first apparatus by performing mutual authentication between the session management apparatus and the...

An irradiation field limiting device (100) includes a plurality of aperture leaves (20) arranged in a thickness direction, a flexible linear member (3) secured to a thick portion of the aperture leaf (20), a driver section (10) which drives the linear member (3) a specific amount, and the like. One end of the linear member (3) is secured to an aperture leaf (20A) through a connection section (4) t...

A multilayer coating system is disclosed. The first layer is a thermally curable layer comprising one or more thermally curable groups and one or more radiation curable groups. The second layer comprises a radiation curable resin.

A method for forming a polymeric coating on a substrate surface, by plasma treating a mixture comprising a free-radical initiated polymerisable monomer having one or more free-radical polymerisable groups in the presence of a free radical initiator, wherein said plasma treatment is a soft ionisation plasma process (a process wherein precursor molecules are not fragmented during the plasma process ...

Methods for determining the chemical structures, substructures and/or ionic structural arrangements of unknown or partially structurally characterized compounds from mass spectrometric data are disclosed. The methods of the invention are directed to elucidating the molecular structures of compounds by identifying the structures of ions generated from those compounds through the use of tandem mass ...

An inductive structure (1) integrated in a semiconductor substrate (2), comprising at least a conductive element (3) insulated from the substrate (2), comprising an insulating structure (4), which is formed inside said semiconductor substrate (2) and built close to said conductor element (3), so that the resistance of said substrate (2) is increased and the parasitic currents induced by the conduc...

A honeycomb structural body comprises one or plural pillar-shaped porous ceramic members in which many through-holes are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction through partition walls and either one end portions of these through-holes are sealed. The partition wall forming the structural body has a surface roughness of not less than 10 mu m as a maximum roughness Rz defined in JIS ...

A coil device comprises a coil conductor track (10), a semiconductor substrate (50) and a dielectric layer (60) arranged on the semiconductor substrate (50), whereby at least a part of the coil conductor track (10) is arranged over a recess (80) in the dielectric layer (60).