1. 会社員が少年グループに、監禁、拉致、リンチされて殺害された事案について、警察の捜査等に不手際があったとして、遺族の県に対する国家賠償請求が認められた事例 2. 捜査上の過失と犯罪の結果との間の相当因果関係を否定したが、当該過失がなければ3割程度の犯罪の結果回避可能性があったとして、この可能性の侵害による損害賠償が肯定された事例

判例評釈東京高裁平成19年3月28日民事11部判決（平18（ネ）2685号

Color measurements according to three sections of wood

The purpose of this study was to measure each color of three sections of wood with instruments, and to examine whether there were differences between each color of three sections. The total number of tree species measured was 60, with the same number of conifers and broadleaf trees. A test piece, which was a cube with one side of 34 mm, was prepared for each tree species. End grain, edge grain, bark side and pith side of each test piece were flattened by a hand planer. Then, lightness L* and hue/saturation (a*, b*) in the L*a*b* color space were measured with a spectrophotometer. The results showed that the end grain had a lower L* compared to the other planes. The end grain was reddish and yellowish because it had a large a* and small b*. When chroma C* and hue angle h in the L*C*h color space were calculated from a* and b*, the end grain had a small dullness with less vividness because C* was smaller than the other planes. L*, a*, b*, C* and h on the other planes excluding the end grain were almost equal for each plane. Furthermore, it was found that the plane whose lightness L* had the strongest correlation with the density of the test piece was the end grain. Therefore, the correlation diagrams between the density, average of annual ring width, and L*of the end grain of each test piece were shown

Chain Conformations of Polypeptide Copolymers

Chain conformations have been investigated theoretically by assuming Markoffian process for copolypeptides composed of two components of L-alanine, glycine, N-methyl glycine and N-methyl-L-alanine, for D.L-copolyalanine, and for D, L-copoly-N-methyl alanine. The characteristic ratio of these copolymers was plotted against the sequence probability that a residue is followed by a residue of the same kind. Some experimental results obtained for equimolar-D, L-copoly-γ-methyl glutamate are discussed with the aid of theoretical equation

Amino acid sequence of a cytotoxin-like basic protein with low cytotoxic activity from the venom of the Thailand cobra Naja naja siamensis

AbstractA cytotoxin-like basic protein (CLBP) was isolated from the venom of the Thailand cobra (Naja naja siamensis). The cytotoxicity of CLBP toward FL cells was one order of magnitude lower than those of cytotoxins. The amino acid sequence was determined by a combination of conventional methods. The total number of amino acid residues was 62, giving a molecular mass of 6977 Da. The sequence at residues 25–30 in the CLBP molecule was found to be significantly different from those of cytotoxins. This region might play an important role in the cytotoxic activity of cytotoxins