All The Claims

1-11. (canceled)
12. An agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane, which comprises at least one compound represented by the formula,
wherein A denotes an oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or hydroxymethylene group; Y denotes a free type or salt type carboxyl group, alkyloxycarbonyl group, halogenated methylsulfonylamino group or diphenylmethylideneiminoxycarbonyl group; R denotes a halogen atom, alkyl group, hydroxy-, alkoxy- or alkoxyimino alkyl group or 4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yloxy group; and Y and R may be bonded each other to form a group of \u2014C(\u2550O)\u2014O\u2014CH(CH3)\u2014.
13. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 12, which comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of those represented by the formulae,
14. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
15. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
16. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
17. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
18. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
19. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 13, which comprises a compound represented by the formula,
20. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 12, which further comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
21. The agent for increasing the sugar content of sugarcane according to claim 20, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
22. A method for accelerating ripening of sugarcane, which comprises applying the agent for increasing the sugar content according to claim 12 to sugarcane under cultivation 15-60 days before the harvesttime.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the agent is used in combination with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
25. The method according to claim 23, wherein prohexadione or trinexapac-ethyl is added in a dose of 10-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
26. The method according to claim 23, wherein gibberellins is added in a dose of 0.1-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
27. A method for accelerating ripening of sugarcane, which comprises applying the agent for increasing the sugar content according to claim 12 to sugarcane under cultivation when the concentration of a soluble solid matter (Brix) in a juice of the stem reaches 80-90% of an average Brix value of sugarcane in the harvesttime.
28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the agent is used in combination with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of prohexadione, trinexapac-ethyl, gibberellins and ethephon and salts thereof, chlormequat, and mepiquat chloride.
29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the salt of prohexadione is prohexadione-calcium.
30. The method according to claim 28, wherein prohexadione or trinexapac-ethyl is added in a dose of 10-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.
31. The method according to claim 28, wherein gibberellins is added in a dose of 0.1-1000 gha to 5-200 gha of the agent.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A waterproof connector comprising:
a housing for housing terminals connected to electric wires;
a waterproof member provided between the housing and the electric wires; and
a rear holder attached to the housing and configured to prevent the waterproof member from coming off the housing,
wherein the rear holder comprises a pair of mating members having an identical shape to be coupled with each other with contact surfaces of the mating members being in contact with each other and with the electric wires being interposed in between the mating members,
wherein the mating members are configured to form wire housing portions for housing the corresponding electric wires with the contact surfaces being in contact with each other,
wherein the mating members comprise engaging portions configured to symmetrically engage with each other and maintain a coupled state of the mating members with the contact surfaces being in contact with each other,
wherein the engaging portions comprise engaging recesses and engaging projections to be inserted in the corresponding engaging recesses,
wherein the engaging projections are insertable in the corresponding engaging recesses in an extending direction of the electric wires, parallel to an axis of a through hole formed by the wire housing portions, to engage with the corresponding engaging recesses,
wherein the wire housing portions are aligned in a first direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the electric wires, and
wherein each of the engaging portions is provided in a middle of the contact surfaces between the wire housing portions in the first direction.
2. The waterproof connector according to claim 1, wherein
a cross section of the engaging projections in the extending direction is substantially constant from a back face of the rear holder to a front face of the rear holder.
3. The waterproof connector according to claim 1, wherein
an inner diameter of the wire housing portions is set to be smaller than an outer diameter of the electric wires.

1.-38. (canceled)
39. A method of treating dyslipidemia in a human subject comprising administering to a human subject in need of such treatment a VEGF-B inhibitor selected from:
(a) an anti-VEGF-B antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof; and
(b) an anti-sense oligonucleotide that inhibits VEGF-B transcription or translation.
40. The method of claim 39 wherein the antibody is a monoclonal antibody.
41. The method of claim 39 wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.
42. The method of claim 39 wherein the VEGF inhibitor is an antibody which binds one or both of VEGF-B167 and VEGF-B186, or an antigen binding fragment thereof.
43. The method of claim 39 wherein said dyslipidemia is hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia.
44. The method of claim 39 wherein the dyslipidemia is a genetic dyslipidemia.
45. The method of claim 44 wherein the genetic dyslipidemia is selected from the group consisting of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Familial Defective Apo 100, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, Familial Apoprotein CII deficiency, Hepatic Lipase Deficiency, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia Dysbetalipoproteinemia and Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency.
46. The method of claim 39 wherein the VEGF-B inhibitor is administered in combination with one or more further pharmacologically active substances for the treatment of dyslipidemia.
47. The method of claim 46 wherein the VEGF-B inhibitor and the active substance for the treatment of dyslipidemia are administered separately or in the form of a combined product.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An encoded-data converting apparatus for use with image data comprising:
a) encoded-data input means for inputting first encoded data encoded with a first encoding;
b) header extracting means for extracting first header information from the first encoded data;
c) header generating means for generating second header information for a second encoding from the first header information;
d) conversion setting means for setting-up variable-length-code conversion based on both a predetermined parameter for use in the second encoding and an encoding parameter used in the first encoding;
e) frame-data extracting means for extracting encoded data in one frame from the first encoded data;
f) variable-length-code converting means for converting a variable length code in the encoded data in accordance with the variable-length-code conversion set-up by said conversion setting means;
g) DC-component converting means for decoding DC components in the encoded data in the frame into quantized values and using the quantized values to perform predictive encoding based on the second encoding; and
h) encoded-data output means for shaping the second header information and outputs of said variable-length-code converting means, and said DC-component converting means into data, and outputting the data as data encoded by the second encoding.
2. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
variable-length-code decoding means for decoding variable length codes in the encoded data in the frame which is extracted by said frame data extracting means;
storage means for storing a decoded result obtained by the decoding of the variable length codes;
motion compensating means for retrieving motion vectors by referring to the decoded result stored in said storage means and calculating prediction errors of the decoded result based on the retrieved motion vectors; and
prediction error encoding means for encoding the prediction errors,
wherein said encoded-data output means shapes the outputs into the data, including the output of said prediction error encoding means, and outputs the data as data encoded by the second encoding.
3. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said motion compensating means determines which encoding is performed from between intra-encoding and inter-encoding.
4. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said motion compensating means and said prediction error encoding means do not operate when intra-encoding is performed, but operate when inter-encoding is performed.
5. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said prediction error encoding means performs AC predictive encoding when the intra-encoding is performed.
6. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said DC component converting means operates when intra-encoding is performed.
7. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the header information includes image-description information and encoding-parameter information.
8. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conversion setting means sets a variable-length-code conversion table.
9. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the first encoding, only intra-encoding is used, and in the second encoding, adaptive use of intra-encoding and inter-encoding is performed.
10. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first encoding is JPEG encoding.
11. An encoded-data converting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second encoding is MPEG-4 encoding.
12. An encoded-data converting method comprising:
an input step for inputting first encoded data generated by using first encoding to encode image data;
a header extracting step for extracting header information included in the first encoded data;
a header generating step for generating header information based on second encoding from the header information included in the first encoded data;
a conversion setting step for setting-up variable-length-code conversion based on a predetermined parameter for use in the second encoding and an encoding parameter used in the first encoding;
a frame-data extracting step for extracting encoded data in one frame from the first encoded data;
a variable-length-code converting step for converting a variable length code in the encoded data in the frame in accordance with the variable-length-code conversion set-up by said conversion setting step;
a DC-component converting step for decoding DC components in the encoded data in the frame into quantized values and using the quantized values to perform predictive encoding based on the second encoding; and
an encoded-data output step for shaping the outputs of said header generating step, said variable-length-code converting step, and said DC-component converting step into data, and outputting the data as data encoded by the second encoding.
13. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 12, further comprising:
a variable-length-code decoding step for decoding variable length codes in the encoded data in the frame which is extracted by said frame data extracting step;
a motion compensating step for retrieving motion vectors by referring to a decoded result obtained in said variable-length-code decoding step and calculating prediction errors of the decoded result based on the retrieved motion vectors; and
a prediction error encoding step for encoding the prediction errors,
wherein, in said encoded-data output step, the output of said prediction error encoding step is shaped into data, and the data is output as data encoded by the second encoding.
14. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 13, wherein said motion compensating step determines which encoding is performed from between intra-encoding and inter-encoding.
15. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 14, wherein said motion compensating step and said prediction error encoding step are not executed when intra-encoding is performed, but are executed when inter-encoding is performed.
16. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 13, wherein, in said prediction error encoding step, AC predictive encoding is performed when the intra-encoding is performed.
17. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 13, wherein said DC component converting step is executed when intra-encoding is performed.
18. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 12, wherein the header information includes image-description information and encoding-parameter information.
19. An encoded-data converting method according to claim 12, wherein, in said conversion setting step, a variable-length-code conversion table is set.
20. A recording medium containing a program for causing a computer to execute each of steps constituting an encoded-data converting method according to claim 12.