Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system 100 for performing power generation using hydrogen-containing gas generated from a raw material containing a hydrocarbon component and an odorizer component includes a raw material supply section 4 for controlling a flow rate of the raw material; a water supply section 3 for supplying water; an adsorptive removal section 5 for causing the raw material to pass therethrough and adsorbing the odorizer component contained in the raw material; a reformer 1 for generating the hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction of the raw material which has passed the adsorptive removal section and water supplied from the water supply section; a fuel cell 8 for performing power generation using the hydrogen-containing gas as a fuel; and an operating control section for, as an accumulated flow volume of the raw material supplied to the adsorptive removal section 5 from the raw material supply section 4 increases, decreasing the flow rate of the raw material to be supplied to the adsorp

Abstract: A formed sheet product of a polymer composition comprising at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen and thrombin and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyester and a water-soluble polymer, and a laminated formed sheet product comprising a first polymer composition layer composed of fibrinogen and a water-soluble polymer and a second polymer composition layer composed of thrombin and an aliphatic polyester are provided. These formed products are applied onto a wound site and function as a hemostatic material.

Abstract: A protein composition which comprises a mixture of glycine, phenylalanine and histidine and/or a cellulose ether derivative as an additive and has resistance to radiation sterilization.

Abstract: A sterile composition which comprises a protein and an aliphatic polyester containing the protein and is sterilized with radiation. In this sterile composition, the structure and function (activity) of the protein are retained.

Abstract: A fuel cell system 100 includes: a reformer 1 configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material; a fuel cell 6 configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; an ammonia remover 5 configured to remove ammonia from the hydrogen-containing gas generated in the reformer before the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the fuel cell; a fluid passage configured to allow the ammonia remover to be in communication with the atmosphere; an on-off valve 8 provided on the fluid passage and configured to allow and block the communication between the ammonia remover and the atmosphere; and a controller 80 configured to open the on-off valve in at least one of a water draining process and a water loading process of the ammonia remover.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the invention is to provide a biodegradable low-charging fiber. The prevent inventors have found that when a specific amount of a specific phospholipid that is not known to have antistatic properties is added to a biodegradable polymer, and the resulting mixture is formed into a fiber having a smooth surface, low-charging properties are developed. The invention has thus been accomplished. The invention is a fiber having an average surface porosity of less than 3% and made of a biodegradable polymer that contains a specific amount of a specific phospholipid.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polysaccharide derivative obtained by substituting some of the carboxyl groups of a carboxy polysaccharide with —NH—X—CO—Y—Z; and a hydrogel thereof. Here, X is a C1-10 hydrocarbon group, Y is a polyalkylene oxide having oxygen atoms at both ends, and Z is a C1-24 hydrocarbon group or —CO—R2, with R2 being a C1-23 hydrocarbon group. The hydrogel has excellent viscoelasticity and can be injected into a predetermined location with an injection device such as a syringe, and thus can be advantageously used as a medical gel or an adhesion barrier.

Abstract: The invention is a cellulose derivative wherein some of the carboxyl groups of the cellulose derivative carboxymethylcellulose are replaced with —CO—NH—X—CO—Y—Z, and a hydrogel of the same. In the formula, X is a C1-10 divalent hydrocarbon group, Y is a divalent group derived from polyalkylene oxide having oxygen atoms at both ends, and Z is a C1-24 hydrocarbon group or —CO—R4, where R4 is a C1-23 hydrocarbon group. The hydrogel has excellent viscoelasticity and can be injected into prescribed sites with injecting devices such as syringes, and it can thus be utilized as a medical gel or adhesion barrier.

Abstract: A 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-2-yl urea represented by Formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

Abstract: An energy supply system comprises an energy supply device (1a) for supplying at least one of electric power and heat, and a controller (6) configured to set first maximum operation time which is an upper limit value of operation time of the energy supply device in a first specified period shorter than a guaranteed operation period of the energy supply device such that operation time of the energy supply device does not reach operation time life before the guaranteed operation period lapses, and calculate and set second maximum operation time which is an upper limit value of the operation time of the energy supply device in a second specified period shorter than the first specified period based on the set first maximum operation time such that the operation time of the energy supply device within the first specified period does not exceed the first maximum operation time.

Abstract: The invention provides a cellulose derivative having a repeating unit of the formula below, a composition including the cellulose derivative and a phospholipid, a method for production thereof, and an adhesion barrier including the cellulose derivative or the composition. In the formula, R1, R2, and R3 are —H, —CH2—COOH, —CH2—COOX, or —CH2CO-phosphatidylethanolamine, and X is an alkali metal or an alkali earth metal. The degree of substitution of —CH2—COOH and —CH2—COOX is 0.3 to 2.0 in total, and the degree of substitution of —CH2CO-phosphatidylethanolamine is 0.001 to 0.05.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the invention is to provide a biodegradable low-charging fiber. The prevent inventors have found that when a specific amount of a specific phospholipid that is not known to have antistatic properties is added to a biodegradable polymer, and the resulting mixture is formed into a fiber having a smooth surface, low-charging properties are developed. The invention has thus been accomplished. The invention is a fiber having an average surface porosity of less than 3% and made of a biodegradable polymer that contains a specific amount of a specific phospholipid.

Abstract: A power supply system of the present invention includes: a power generation system (101); a power storage unit (107) configured to supply electric power to the power generation system (101) and an external electric power load (105); and a controller (110) configured to, in a case where it is predicted that at least one of the sum of activation electric power of the power generation system (101) and power consumption of the external electric power load (105) when activating the power generation system (101) and the sum of stop electric power of the power generation system (101) and the power consumption of the external electric power load (105) when stopping the power generation of the power generation system (101) exceeds the upper limit electric power receivable from an electric power system (104), supply the electric power of the power storage unit (107) to at least one of the power generation system (101) and the external electric power load (105) such that the electric power amount supplied from the elect

Abstract: The invention discloses a hydrogen generator (100A) comprising: a reformer (1) having a reforming catalyst (1a); a material gas supply device (13); an evaporator (3); a water supply device; and a controller (10) which controls the material gas supply device (13) and the water supply device to stop supplying of a material gas to the reformer (1) and supplying of water to the evaporator (3) and then controls the material gas supply device (13) to supply the material gas to the reformer (1) in a period during which residual water evaporates in at least either the evaporator (3) or the reformer (1).

Abstract: A cellulose derivative which has a suitable elastic modulus and viscosity when it is dissolved in water and is useful as an adhesion barrier. The cellulose derivative has a molecular weight of 5×103 to 5×106 and is composed of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of the following formulas (a), (b), (c) and (d) in predetermined amount: (X in the formula (c) is an alkali metal, and R4 and R5 in the formula (d) are each independently an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 10 to 28 carbon atoms).

Abstract: A hydrogel composed of a polyanionic polysaccharide derivative having a hydrophobic group introduced by covalent bonding and a salt solution with a salt concentration of 50 mM or more and 200 mM or less, the hydrogel having an aggregate structure with an average particle diameter of 100 to 2000 nm in the diluted solution, as well as a method for manufacturing the hydrogel comprising the steps of preparing a mixture containing a polyanionic polysaccharide derivative having a hydrophobic group introduced and a salt solution with a salt concentration of 50 mM or more and 200 mM or less and subjecting the mixture to heat treatment. The hydrogel of the present invention has a long-term stability and may be filtered using a porous filter having a pore diameter of 5 ?m or more.

Abstract: A fuel cell system 100 includes: a reformer 1 configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material; a fuel cell 6 configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; an ammonia remover 5 configured to remove ammonia from the hydrogen-containing gas generated in the reformer before the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the fuel cell; a fluid passage configured to allow the ammonia remover to be in communication with the atmosphere; an on-off valve 8 provided on the fluid passage and configured to allow and block the communication between the ammonia remover and the atmosphere; and a controller 80 configured to open the on-off valve in at least one of a water draining process and a water loading process of the ammonia remover.

Abstract: A power supply system according to the present invention includes a control device (110) which is configured such that if it is predicted that the sum of start-up power for a power generation system (101) and electric power consumed by an external electrical load (105) at start-up of the power generation system (101) and/or the sum of stopped-period power for the power generation system (101) and electric power consumed by the external electrical load (105) at stopping of power generation of the power generation system (101) exceed upper limit power, up to which an electric rate is kept to a relatively low unit price, and that the electric rate is to be changed to a relatively high unit price, then the control device (110) performs control of supplying electric power stored in an electrical storage unit (107) to at least one of the power generation system (101) and the external electrical load (105) in order to prevent the amount of electric power supplied from a power grid (104) from exceeding the upper limi

Abstract: Disclosed is a fibrous formed article having excellent hydrophilicity, which contains a hydrophobic polymer and amphiphilic molecules and has an average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 50 ?m, the amphiphilic molecules segregating to the fiber surface.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a cylindrical body which has an excellent elastic modulus and elastic recovery and is suitable for use as a scaffold material for revascularization. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a cylindrical body which has an outermost layer with high air permeability, is excellent in cell infiltration and is suitable for use as a scaffold material for revascularization. The cylindrical body of the present invention is a hollow cylindrical body consisting of a plurality of concentric layers and having an outer diameter of 0.5 to 50 mm and a thickness of 200 to 5,000 ?m, and each layer is made of aliphatic polyester fibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 50 ?m.