This invention relates to methods of detecting or inferring the presence of malignant or premalignant cells in a human that express 5T4. Provided are methods for detecting 5T4 RNA in blood, plasma, serum, other bodily fluids, cells, and tissues. The invention thereby provides an aid for the detection, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, or evaluation of neoplastic disease.

Chemically and thermodynamically amplifying the prior art concept of the heat-producing exothermically-reactive selective polyol and selectable isocyanate chemicals for the conventional production of polyurethane foam-cushioning having a CVR-value fraught with comfort deficiency: The novel amplification herein co-introduces polymerizable latex into the exothermically co-reactable polyol and isocya...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dental article provided with both of a function for satisfying aesthetic appreciation requested for the dental article and the other functions together.

SOLUTION: The dental article of this invention is provided with a base layer 2 and a facing layer 3 having the functions different from each other. The base layer 2 presents a desired color, and the facing...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot control device allowing a plurality of robots to efficiently carry out one or more tasks.

SOLUTION: The robot control device 3 comprises an input-output part 3a; a control means 3b comprising a priority data generating part 3b1, a schedule data generating part 3b2, an execution command generating part 3b3 and a task data dividing part 3b4; and a stor...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure occupant restraint performance of a seat belt by preventing a deploying airbag from pressing an unlocking button of a slide plate of a seat belt device.

SOLUTION: When the air bag 21 presses and opens the connecting part between a roof lining 38 and a pillar garnish 36 and deploys downward in vehicle collision, and the unlocking button 58 disposed on the slid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air bag device reducing burden on a leg part of a driver by suppressing interference between the leg part of the driver and a stepping type parking brake pedal in a collision of a vehicle.

SOLUTION: The lower end part of an instrument panel 22 is provided with: a front part air bag device 28 having a front part air bag 32 deployed and inflated in a front ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat for a vehicle with an occupant detecting sensor capable of assembling a sound deadening sheet to a seat cushion so that the occupant detection performance of the occupant detection sensor does not vary following the variation over time of the sound deadening sheet.

SOLUTION: A mat 14a1 with the occupant detection sensor is interposed between a cushion...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an airbag device easily suppressing the force at the time of deployment in proximity.

SOLUTION: In the airbag device for an occupant at a front passenger seat, a first tear line 41 of the tear line 33 of a cover body 11 is formed in approximate H shape, and an extended tear line 44 is formed by extending both end part to the central side. A breakage suppress...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid damage of an airbag due to the burr generated on the end edge of a vehicle body panel by the simple and inexpensive structure.

SOLUTION: Since a curved part 30a curved from the airbag to the estranged direction is formed on the end edge of a gusset 30 positioned near the airbag 21 folded and disposed along the side edge of a roof 18, the airbag which deploys d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce impact to a pedestrian by an edge part of the rear end of an engine hood, in a pedestrian protection device for protecting the pedestrian by lifting up the rear part of the engine hood when he/she collides with a traveling vehicle.

SOLUTION: A shock-absorbing member 15 formed to an approximately U shape in a view of cross section is provided on an edge part 1...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure preventing dropping of a pedestrian into a gap part generated between a rear end of an engine hood and a windshield, in a pedestrian protection device for protecting the pedestrian by lifting up the rear part of the engine hood when he/she collides with a vehicle during traveling.

SOLUTION: A plurality of shielding members 20 turnable to a vehicl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique which can stably compound phospholipid micro spheres in an emulsification system.

SOLUTION: The subject skin care preparation for external use is characterized by containing (1) a polyglycerol fatty acid ester and (2) an N-acylglutamic acid diester. The polyglycerol constituting the polyglycerol fatty acid ester has preferably a glycerol polymeri...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent poor lubrication due to wear debris as a result of fretting wear.

SOLUTION: Between the single side face of a first connection plate 38 and the outside face of one input side disc 8a, opposing each other, sealing members 38, 38 are provided for blocking a gap existing between these side faces in the state of encircling abutting portions of the side faces. As...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the effects of a melted fuse wire to the surroundings.

SOLUTION: This fuse melting and arc forming apparatus melts the fuse wire 25 extended between electrodes 23 and 24 by passing a current through the fuse wire 25 and forms and extends an arc between the electrodes 23 and 24 and is provided with both a circuit 2 for prearc for supplying an prearc current sm...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile robot and a mobile robot system capable of determining a rotation angle and correcting the path with sufficient accuracy even without adding an expensive device such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope to determine the rotation angle by measuring the rotation angle using information from images photographed by a vision camera.

SOLUTION: The mobile ro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To retrieve a broadcasted content even when an exact keyword is not known.

SOLUTION: Play lists comprising, for example, a musical piece name and a broadcasted time broadcasted by a broadcasting station 12 are accumulated in a DB 1. Broadcasting station information, place information and user IDs are accumulated in a DB 2 by user registration. The user pushes a button ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic apparatus raised in the heat dissipating property of a wound component while contriving the improvement of durability and the reduction of manufacturing costs.

SOLUTION: A supporting stand 16B is provided on a part of a base unit 16A for a frame member 16 with a circuit substrate 22 installed thereon in a projected shape upward from the ambient ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an underwater communication system capable of performing stable and efficient communication by reducing influence of inter-code interference due to multiple reflection in water.

SOLUTION: Arrival times of a direct wave and a delayed wave are detected from the temporal response of an acoustic propagation path formed between an on-water station and an underwat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve the load reduction and the protection of a step-up power supply circuit at a power supply starting time by using properly a clock for a power supply and a clock generated by a microcomputer, in a DC power supply circuit having the step-up power supply circuit, a step-down power supply circuit and a series power supply circuit.

SOLUTION: The DC power supply a...

A vehicle tire (1) wherein each bead portion (1a) is defined by a metal bead-bead filler assembly (10), and by a portion (6, 7, 8) of a reinforced body ply (4) outwardly covered by a layer (13) of elastomeric material and folded in a U about the assembly (10); and wherein the bead filler (12) is a composite filler defined by a triangular filler element (21) located radially outwards of the bead (1...