Abstract: In a storage management system and method which virtualizes a plurality of storage devices distributed over a network to be managed, a storage state manager, in a storage management server, manages a storage usage state in each storage device, a network state manager manages a traffic state of each network device, and a path searching/setup portion determines a storage data path to be set up in the network device based on the storage usage state and the traffic state. In a host, a virtualization mapper associates a storage space replied from the storage management server with a virtual storage, and a path information setup portion transmits/receives storage data with the storage data path.

Abstract: A transmission system, having a plurality of delivery server side routers which communicate with a plurality of delivery servers for delivering a content; and a client side router which communicates with a client device for receiving the content, is configured to include: a database for storing server load states of the plurality of delivery servers, and respective individual link load states for a plurality of delivery paths between the plurality of delivery server side routers and the client side router; and a path control unit for determining a minimum load state delivery path having a minimum load state among the plurality of delivery paths, based on sums of the server load states and the respective individual link load states stored in the database.

Abstract: A spanning tree creation unit creates a plurality of spanning trees based on the network topology, and registers the spanning trees to a spanning tree information table. A spanning tree selection unit selects a spanning tree wherein communication resources will be used most effectively, out of the plurality of spanning trees registered to the spanning tree information table. A node setup unit sets the mapping information which expresses correspondence between the requested virtual LAN and the selected spanning tree in each node.

Abstract: To provide a technology of easily conducting a route design for efficiently accommodating user traffic.

Abstract: Included are a network information database for storing the statistical information collected from a router, a user request processing unit for accepting and processing a flow forwarding request from a user terminal connected to the network, a route control unit for searching for a route corresponding to the request from the user terminal by referring to the network information database, a load sharing control unit for executing such a load sharing process as to generate router setting information for sharing a transmission load of the network by referring to the network information database, and a router control unit for setting a router based on the route information determined by the route control unit and on the router setting information generated by the load sharing control unit.

Abstract: A purifier for purifying a fluid by eliminating contaminants from the fluid. The purifier includes a fluid passage, through which the fluid flows, formed by an ultraviolet ray transmitting material. A plurality of photocatalytic pipes are arranged in the fluid passage. Each of the photocatalytic pipes has an inner surface and an outer surface on which a thin film of a photocatalyst is applied. The photocatalytic thin film is excited by ultraviolet rays irradiated from a source located near the fluid passage. This oxides and decomposes the contaminants and purifies the fluid.

Abstract: A resinoid grinding wheel of the present invention has low grinding resistance and is capable of providing a ground workpiece excellent in ground surface quality without burn mark while maintaining essential properties of the resinoid grinding wheel such as low elastic modulus and strong force for holding abrasive grains. A typical resinoid grinding wheel of the present invention includes 25 parts by volume of Al2O3 abrasive grains with grain size of #150, 20 parts by volume of organic hollow material with average particle diameter of 80 &mgr;m, and 10 parts by volume of pores having 1 mm in size. They are all dispersed in 40 parts by weight of a bond made of cured epoxy resin.

Abstract: A resinoid grinding wheel of the present invention has low grinding resistance and is capable of providing a ground workpiece excellent in ground surface quality without burn mark while maintaining essential properties of the resinoid grinding wheel such as low elastic modulus and strong force for holding abrasive grains. A typical resinoid grinding wheel of the present invention includes 25 parts by volume of Al2O3 abrasive grains with grain size of #150, 20 parts by volume of organic hollow material with average particle diameter of 80 &mgr;m, and 10 parts by volume of pores having 1 mm in size. They are all dispersed in 40 parts by weight of a bond made of cured epoxy resin.

Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing a ferromagnetic material, wherein at least 2 kinds of paramagnetic compounds preferably organic paramagnetic compounds, capable of manifesting a so-called mesophase between a solid phase, and a liquid phase are mixed with each other in a liquid phase or mesophase state. Preferred paramagnetic compounds are compounds containing a paramagnetic metal complex moiety in the molecular skeleton thereof, and a preferred complex moiety is a porphyrin complex. Preferred metal nuclei are Cu, V, Co, Mo, Ag, and Fe. The planes of the molecules of each of the paramagnetic metal porphyrin complexes in a mesophase thereof are oriented in parallel with each other on a time-average basis.

Abstract: A holographic recording material consisting of diethylene glycol-bis(allyl carbonate), 2,2-bis[3,5-dibromo-4-(2-methacryloyloxyethoxy)phenyl]propane, and a photopolymerization initiator. A method for holographic recording, which comprises interposing the holographic recording material between two opposed surface materials, heating the interposed holographic recording material thereby solidifying the recording material and giving rise to a dry plate, and then exposing the dry plate to a coherent light.

Abstract: A grinding wheel for grinding a workpiece, including a core portion connected to a drive shaft, and an abrasive portion fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the core portion for grinding the workpiece. The grinding wheel further includes at least one balancing member which is movable in a circumferential direction of the wheel, a driver device for moving the balancing member(s) in the circumferential direction so as to change an angular position of each balancing member, a signal receiving device for receiving a control signal for balancing the wheel, and a driver control circuit for operating the driver device for moving the balancing member(s) so as to balance the wheel, according to the control signal received by the signal receiving device. The above-indicated at least one balancing member, driver device, signal receiving device and driver control circuit are all disposed within the core portion of the wheel.

Abstract: Vitrified super abrasive grain grinding tool comprised of abrasive grains and first and second fillers bonded together by a vitrified bonding material, wherein the abrasive grains are super abrasive grains, the softening points of the first and second fillers are both higher than an inherent firing temperature of the vitrified bonding material for the super abrasive grains, the first filler is a ceramics which maintains a hollow state before and after firing of the bonding material, and the second filler is a ceramics which exists in a non-hollow state. This grinding tool has a high porosity at a low concentration while utilizing excellent grinding characteristic of super abrasive grains with high grain retention force and little burn mark in dry grinding.

Abstract: Disclosed are new unsaturated silane compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a vinyl, 1-methylvinyl or allyloxy group.

Abstract: A non-coagulative organosilicone resin is produced by causing an organosilicon compound containing an isocyanate group and possessing a siloxane-forming property to react with heparin in order to produce an organosilicon compound having a heparin residue linked thereto and subsequently causing the resultant organosilicon compound to react with an organosilicone resin intermediate capable of undergoing a polycondensation reaction via silanol intermediates and consequently forming a siloxane cross-link.