Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for hydroprocessing a heavy hydrocarbon feed using at least two reactors in which a heavy hydrocarbon feed is subjected sequentially to the steps of hydroprocessing in a first hydroprocessing reactor, in which it is subjected sequentially to a hydrodemetallization step, a hydrodesulfurization step carried out at a temperature higher than that of said hydrodemetallization step, and an asphaltene removal step carried out at a temperature higher than that of said hydrodesulfurization step, hydroprocessing in a second hydroprocessing reactor, in which it is subjected sequentially to a hydrodesulfurization step and an asphaltene removal step, which latter is carried out at a temperature higher than that of said hydrodesulfurization step.

Abstract: A health checkup supporting method, apparatus and computer readable recording medium for predicting a checkup receiver's risk of suffering from a disease. The method and apparatus include inputting checkup receiver information indicating information showing the possibility of affecting the incidence of a disease obtained with respect to a checkup receiver who has received a health checkup, and finding a value of a risk of the checkup receiver's suffering from the disease based on the inputted checkup receiver information and risk parameters obtained from a ratio of the past checkup receivers' suffering from the disease. The checkup receiver information includes results of at least one of a clinical examination and results of a genetic examination conducted with respect to the checkup receiver.

Abstract: An item pattern straddling over two or more databases with different structure and/or attributes is extracted from the databases based on a comparison of partial data. The support count for the item pattern is counted by communicating a list of identifiers for records, the number of the identifiers, or a subset of the item pattern between the databases. For an item pattern with a known support count, an upper-bound value of the support counts for subsets of that item pattern is calculated on the basis of a difference in the support counts for the subsets, thereby limiting the item patterns for which the support counts are to be counted.

Abstract: A health checkup supporting method, apparatus and computer readable recording medium for predicting a checkup receiver's risk of suffering from a disease. The method and apparatus include inputting checkup receiver information indicating information showing the possibility of affecting the incidence of a disease obtained with respect to a checkup receiver who has received a health checkup, and finding a value of a risk of the checkup receiver's suffering from the disease based on the inputted checkup receiver information and risk parameters obtained from a ratio of the past checkup receivers' suffering from the disease. The checkup receiver information includes results of at least one of a clinical examination and results of a genetic examination conducted with respect to the checkup receiver.

Abstract: In a health checkup supporting method for predicting a health checkup receiver's risk of suffering from a disease, steps are provided to input checkup receiver information indicating the possibilities of a disease being contracted by a checkup receiver and to obtain a risk value indicating a degree of the checkup receiver's possible incidence of the disease based on inputted checkup receiver information and a risk parameter obtained from the ratio of past disease patients.