Abstract: It is intended to provide a stable novel sugar-immobilized metal nanoparticle capable of easily immobilizing a sugar chain, a method for measuring sugar-protein interaction easily and at a low cost using the same without labeling, and a method for simply recovering a protein from a sugar-protein interactant. A maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle was obtained by binding a ligand complex, in which maltose and a linker compound had been bound to each other, to a gold nanoparticle. By adding this maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle to a dilution series of concanavalin A, a sugar-protein interactant of maltose and ConA was formed, and red-purple color derived from a colloidal solution of maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle disappeared. That is, sugar-protein interaction could be confirmed by visual observation without labeling.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a stable novel sugar-immobilized metal nanoparticle capable of easily immobilizing a sugar chain, a method for measuring sugar-protein interaction easily and at a low cost using the same without labeling, and a method for simply recovering a protein from a sugar-protein interactant. A maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle was obtained by binding a ligand complex, in which maltose and a linker compound had been bound to each other, to a gold nanoparticle. By adding this maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle to a dilution series of concanavalin A, a sugar-protein interactant of maltose and ConA was formed, and red-purple color derived from a colloidal solution of maltose-immobilized gold nanoparticle disappeared. That is, sugar-protein interaction could be confirmed by visual observation without labeling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a defect detecting/degree-of-filling-in measuring apparatus for concrete during placement that meets the tolerance for butting angle for the electrode with respect to the concrete form, and that is capable of carrying out measurement with the measurement depth being changed.

Abstract: A control method for charging ready-mixed concrete additives batchwise which aims at keeping the slump of ready-mixed concrete within a certain range and making longer transportation by truck mixer possible without degrading the quality, where the slump of ready-mixed concrete is detected electrically as a change in the mixing torque so that, when this detected value reaches a value set beforehand, a motor receives a control instruction to charge additives for adjusting slump into the ready-mixed concrete and so that the operating time of the motor for charging additives and the interval until control operation is reset may be adjusted with a timer.

Abstract: Equipment for charging ready-mixed concrete additives batchwise, which aims at keeping the slump of ready-mixed concrete within a certain range and making longer transportation by truck mixer possible without degrading the quality. The slump of ready-mixed concrete is detected electrically as a change in the mixing torque so that, when this detected value reaches a value set beforehand, a motor receives a control instruction to charge additives for adjusting slump into the ready-mixed concrete. The operating time of the motor for charging additives and the interval until control operation is reset and may be adjusted with a timer.