Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition for immunostimulation useful for promoting IgA and secretory component productions in mucosal tissues, comprising, alone or in combination, a cell of bifidobacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium bifidum or a processed product thereof, wherein the bifidobacterium has an activity to stimulate secretory component production and a high activity to stimulate IgA production, for example, it is a Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB 6377 strain or Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB 6378 strain.
Abstract:
With respect to one order information piece in security transaction, processing of reception, transaction condition confirmation, transaction settlement and result transmission is executed serially. A transaction system is configured so as to divide a transaction including a plurality of transaction requests into predetermined units and execute resultant processing units in parallel. When such division is conducted, the sequential property is ensured. For example, the progress situation of processing is stored in a database every processing and every step. Issues, terminals, markets and servers are included as predetermined units.
Abstract:
When a work W is cut by moving a wire in an axial direction thereof while the wire is pressed onto the work and an abrasive liquid which is made by dispersing abrasive grains in a dispersion medium is interposed between the work and the wire, a flow of the wire is formed, and the wire is pressed onto the work while moving under the liquid level of the abrasive liquid whose flow is formed. The work is cut in the abrasive liquid so that a sufficient amount of the abrasive grains can be supplied between the work and the wire for a long time.
Abstract:
A reagent composition for the quantitative analysis of inorganic phosphorus, composted of xanthosine, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, xanthine oxidase and a color-former. The color-former is a precursor for forming a dye in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase. The reagent composition of the invention is improved in storage stability and has a wider determination range. Also provided is a dry analysis element composed of reagent layer containing the inventive reagent composition.
Abstract:
A halftone image printing device for printing an image consisting of picture elements arrayed in a zig-zag fashioning. Each picture element is composed of dots forming a quasi-diamond-shaped matrix. The dot matrix is a 2 (row) x 3 (column) matrix with two additional dots located at the top and bottom, respectively. The range of optical density, within which the densities represented by the picture elements fall, is segmented into sub-ranges. Different heating-resistors are assigned to each sub-range of density. The dots printed by the heating-resistors assigned to any sub-range of density forms a "dot pattern" of a specific shape. The first dot pattern has one dot printed on the upper-central part of the rectangular matrix. The second dot pattern has three dots forming an L-shaped pattern, the first dot printed on the upper-central part of the matrix, the second dot printed above the first dot, and the third dot printed to the right of the first dot. The third dot pattern consists of five dots forming a cross, the first dot printed on the upper-central part of the matrix, the second dot printed above the first dot, the third dot printed to the right of the first dot, the fourth dot printed below the first dot, and the fifth dot printed to the left of the first dot. And the fourth dot pattern consists of five dots forming a cross and an additional dot printed immediately below the cross. Of the dots of each dot pattern, the dot on which energy concentrates more than any other dot assumes the same location for all dot patterns.
Abstract:
A half-tone image reproduction apparatus, which comprises a Dither matrix memory, constituted by a plurality of elements, for storing a multi-level Dither matrix having multi threshold levels assigned to the individual elements, input data supplying means for supplying the element on the Dither matrix and an input density level, and print dot forming means for forming print dots in accordance with the energy control level selectively read out from the Dither matrix memory. The energy control level stored in the Dither matrix memory is set in accordance with rules for changing the energy control level in accordance with a change in input density level. These rules are independently suitably determined for the respective partial density ranges which constitute a whole density range for the input density. According to this invention, gradation jump and deformation at a high density region can be prevented so that a half-tone image with smooth gradation and high resolution can be attained.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an electrolytic process using a horizontal type cation exchange membrane electrolytic cell in which catholyte liquor is supplied into a cathode compartment with initial linear velocity of at least 8 cm/sec and gas content of at most 0.6 at a catholyte liquor outlet. Also disclosed is an electrolytic cell used for the foregoing process. The invention enables not only conversion of a mercury electrolytic cell to a cation exchange membrane electrolytic cell with low cost, but the long-term and stable operation.
Abstract:
An electrolytic process is provided for the electrolysis of an aqueous alkali metal halide solution, which comprises effecting the electrolysis in a cell being separated by a cation exchange membrane into an anode compartment and a cathode compartment, wherein washing liquid is supplied into a liquid seal pot provided at a cathode gas outlet of a cathode compartment and cathode gas evolved from the cell is contacted with the washing liquid in the liquid seal pot.
Abstract:
Provided are a gas turbine multi-hole film-cooled combustor liner, which can be manufactured with improved accuracy in shape and position of cooling holes in a very short time, ensuring desirable buckling strength and satisfactory cooling performance. A planar flat member is curved to form a liner shell of a cylindrical shape, the cylindrical member is welded in the longitudinal direction thereof to form a cylindrical shell. Then a wavy configuration and a corrugated configuration are formed on the cylindrical shell by a hydro-bulging method, cooling holes are formed through the liner shell by laser drilling at or near wave crest portions of the wavy configuration of the liner shell, and inner rings are attached to the liner shell by resistance spot welding or vacuum brazing.
Abstract:
Pipe fittings for joining piping materials have a main body with a substantially equal diameter to that of the piping materials to be joined, an annular expanded portion formed at least at one end portion thereof and enlarged diameter portions on each side of the annular expanded portion. The piping materials are joined by inserting them into the pipe fittings and by pressing the outer enlarged diameter portion along the circumference at an end portion thereof to subject the enlarged diameter portion and the piping materials to plastic deformation. By virtue of recesses formed at the pressed portions, the pipe fittings and the piping materials are firmly fixed together. A tapered portion provided at the end of the pipe fittings effectively increases the slip-off checking force, and also the Joint can be perfectly sealed by the sealing material received in the internal space of the annular expanded portion, having been deformed by the application of pressing. Crevice corrosion can completely be prevented since an adequate clearance is defined between the non-pressed enlarged diameter portion and the piping materials inserted into the pipe fittings.