Abstract: In the measuring equipment, a nozzle driving unit 10 equipped with a bar code reader decides whether the cartridge container being set is a special-purpose container, in which a predetermined reagent is injected separately in advance and to which a bar code is attached, or a general-purpose container that is prepared by separately injecting reagents by hand into an empty cartridge container, and when the cartridge container is a special-purpose container, a CPU 1 reads out measurement conditions from a measurement condition storage part for special-purpose reagents 3a based on the information included in the bar code, and when the cartridge container is a general-purpose container, the CPU1 reads out measurement conditions for items of a measurement object selected and input by a measurer from a measurement condition storage part for general-purpose reagents 3b to conduct a measurement.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing leukocytes, by which the leukocytes can be classified and measured stably with high accuracy even when a dilution ratio of a sample containing the leukocytes is low or a flow velocity during the analysis is slow, and an analysis reagent used for the analysis method. The analysis method of the present invention includes the steps of mixing a sample containing leukocytes and erythrocytes and an analysis reagent containing a surfactant that reacts with leukocytes; and measuring the leukocytes by passing a mixed solution of the sample and the analysis reagent through a fine through-hole, measuring a signal detected when the mixed solution passes through the fine through-hole, and classifying and counting the leukocytes in the sample. The analysis reagent further contains a nonionic surfactant, and the nonionic surfactant has a sugar residue as a hydrophilic region and an aliphatic chain as a hydrophobic region.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes.

Abstract: In the measuring equipment, a nozzle driving unit 10 equipped with a bar code reader decides whether the cartridge container being set is a special-purpose container, in which a predetermined reagent is injected separately in advance and to which a bar code is attached, or a general-purpose container that is prepared by separately injecting reagents by hand into an empty cartridge container, and when the cartridge container is a special-purpose container, a CPU 1 reads out measurement conditions from a measurement condition storage part for special-purpose reagents 3a based on the information included in the bar code, and when the cartridge container is a general-purpose container, the CPU1 reads out measurement conditions for items of a measurement object selected and input by a measurer from a measurement condition storage part for general-purpose reagents 3b to conduct a measurement.

Abstract: In the measuring equipment, a nozzle driving unit 10 equipped with a bar code reader decides whether the cartridge container being set is a special-purpose container, in which a predetermined reagent is injected separately in advance and to which a bar code is attached, or a general-purpose container that is prepared by separately injecting reagents by hand into an empty cartridge container, and when the cartridge container is a special-purpose container, a CPU 1 reads out measurement conditions from a measurement condition storage part for special-purpose reagents 3a based on the information included in the bar code, and when the cartridge container is a general-purpose container, the CPU 1 reads out measurement conditions for items of a measurement object selected and input by a measurer from a measurement condition storage part for general-purpose reagents 3b to conduct a measurement.

Abstract: A sample containing a glycated protein is treated with Protease XIV or a protease from Aspergillus genus, thereafter (or while treating the sample with the above protease) FAOD (fructosyl amino acid oxidase) is caused to react with the sample so as to measure the amount of oxygen consumed by the FAOD reaction or the amount of the resultant reaction product, thereby to measure the glycated protein.According to the above method, the glycated protein can be fragmented while the decomposition of the FAOD itself is prevented, thereby to facilitate the binding of the protein with the FAOD and to improve the sensitivity of the detection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fructosyl amino acid oxidase that is obtainable from a culture of a strain of the genus Aspergillus. This strain grows in a selective medium containing at least either of fructosyl lysine and fructosyl-N.sup..alpha. -Z-lysine and is capable of producing a fructosyl amino acid oxidase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant protein which shows fructosyl amino acid oxidase activity, a DNA encoding the same, an expression vector containing the DNA, a transformant transformed by the expression vector, and the method of preparing recombinant fructosyl amino acid oxidase by culturing the resultant transformant, and the recombinant fructosyl amino acid oxidase thus obtained.

Abstract: Mini-pellets made of raw materials of fine powder iron ores are indurated, and effected with diffusion bond. A plurality of said treated mini-pellets are combined with calcium ferrites at the surface layers thereof. Thus, agglomerated ores are produced, wherein main grain sizes of said fine powder iron ores are not more than 5 mm, and are subjected to a primary pelletization with flux, and solid fuels are coated in a secondary pelletization to produce the mini-pellets of 3 to 9 mm diameter, and the produced mini-pellets are undertaken with induration in a travelling grate typed sintering furnace.Depending upon the present agglomerated ores and the producing method therefor, the raw materials may be selected from a wide range of grain sizes, and a blow faculty is enough to be small, and producing yield of the agglomerated ores may be increased, having improved qualities of high RI and low RDI.

Abstract: Mini-pellets made of raw materials of fine powder iron ores are indurated, and effected with diffusion bond. A plurality of said treated mini-pellets are combined with calcium ferrites at the surface layers thereof. Thus, agglomerated ores are produced, wherein main grain sizes of said fine powder iron ores are not more than 5 mm, and are subjected to a primary pelletization with flux, and solid fuels are coated in a secondary pelletization to produce the mini-pellets of 3 to 9 mm diameter, and the produced mini-pellets are undertaken with induration in a travelling grate typed sintering furnace.Depending upon the present agglomerated ores and the producing method therefor, the raw materials may be selected from a wide range of grain sizes, and a blow faculty is enough to be small, and producing yield of the agglomerated ores may be increased, having improved qualities of high RI and low RDI.