Abstract: A cooling system is configured for arranging a cooling machine and a heat exchanger, for example, inside and outside a heat insulation box. A cooling unit for discharging cooled air by heat exchange using a refrigerant and a heat exchange unit for returning the refrigerant to a coolable condition are connected by a connection portion connecting the upper portions to form an integrated cooling device. The connection portion is arranged so as to straddle an end of a sidewall of the heat insulation box, the cooling unit is arranged inside the heat insulation box, and the heat exchange unit is arranged outside the heat insulation box. During storage or movement by a delivery vehicle, the cooling device is mounted on the heat insulation box. When carrying with hand, only the heat insulation box from which the cooling device is removed can be carried.

Abstract: Processing request information of a processing request for a first computer by a second computer is acquired, first operation information and second operation information that relate to operations of the first computer and the second computer are acquired, respectively; and a type of the processing request is determined based on processing result information, the processing request information, the first operation information, and the second operation information. The processing result information associates a processing history of the first computer according to the processing request included in the processing request information for the first computer with the second operation information that relates to the processing request by the second computer making the processing request. Accordingly, the type of the processing request can be appropriately determined.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a management-information acquiring program that causes a computer to execute a process includes acquiring queries to a target database for a management target service system, specifying a reference target table in the database based on names of target tables included in the queries and content of the queries, specifying a reporting target table on the basis of data of the reference target table, causing the database to execute an acquisition query to the reporting target table, and acquiring specific management information from the reporting target table.

Abstract: A computer identifies a program in which a command history issued to an operating system meets a specific pattern from among a plurality of programs run in a monitoring target system, and selects one or more residual programs as a monitoring target, the one or more residual programs being obtained by excluding the identified program from the plurality of programs.

Abstract: Processing request information of a processing request for a first computer by a second computer is acquired, first operation information and second operation information that relate to operations of the first computer and the second computer are acquired, respectively; and a type of the processing request is determined based on processing result information, the processing request information, the first operation information, and the second operation information. The processing result information associates a processing history of the first computer according to the processing request included in the processing request information for the first computer with the second operation information that relates to the processing request by the second computer making the processing request. Accordingly, the type of the processing request can be appropriately determined.

Abstract: A chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay method whereby a target substance such as a protein is assayed. This chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay method comprises: the step of capturing an immune complex containing an enzyme-labeled antibody, which is labeled with an enzyme acting a chemiluminescent substrate, and the target substance on a support having no solution layer; the step of overlaying a support membrane containing the chemiluminescent substrate on the immune complex having been captured above; and the step of measuring the luminescence dose caused by the reaction between the enzyme-labeled antibody and the chemiluminescent substrate to thereby quantify the target substance.

Abstract: A chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay method whereby a target substance such as a protein is assayed. This chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay method comprises: the step of capturing an immune complex containing an enzyme-labeled antibody, which is labeled with an enzyme acting a chemiluminescent substrate, and the target substance on a support having no solution layer; the step of overlaying a support membrane containing the chemiluminescent substrate on the immune complex having been captured above; and the step of measuring the luminescence dose caused by the reaction between the enzyme-labeled antibody and the chemiluminescent substrate to thereby quantify the target substance.

Abstract: A control valve for a variable displacement compressor that is mounted on the variable displacement compressor to control pressure within a hermetic crankcase to thereby change the discharging capacity of a refrigerant.

Abstract: A thermal ink ribbon has a base sheet, a thermal recording layer arranged on one side of the base sheet, and a back layer arranged on an opposite side of the base sheet. The back layer according to the present invention comprises a polyurethane resin which is obtained by reacting a low molecular weight polymer having at least one active-hydrogen-containing group at one end of the molecule, a compound having at least one active-hydrogen group and at least one hydrophilic group except a hydroxide group, with a polyisocyanate. The back layer is excellent in the adhesiveness to a base sheet, the heat resistance relative to a thermal head and slipperiness to a thermal head; and the ink ribbon with such a back layer has no problems in printed characters and figures on printing, in the migration of impurities from the back layer into an ink layer, in smeariness of a thermal head and in its maintenance.

Abstract: To provide a control valve for a variable displacement compressor, which is improved in slidability of a shaft that transmits a change in suction pressure to a valve element, and enhanced in controllability. In a control valve for a variable displacement compressor in which a plunger of a solenoid is divided into two, i.e. a first plunger and a second plunger, and a diaphragm is disposed therebetween for sensing suction pressure, the second plunger is held by a spring urging the second plunger in a direction away from the diaphragm, and is caused to be simply in contact with a shaft that transmits a change in the suction pressure sensed by the diaphragm to a valve element. With this construction, even when an attractive force is generated by a solenoid to move the second plunger, no couple of forces act on the shaft, and hence the shaft is prevented from being spoiled in slidability, which makes it possible to enhance controllability.

Abstract: To provide a control valve for a variable displacement compressor, including a plunger divided into separate members, which is improved in the attractive force characteristic and reduced in manufacturing costs. In a control valve for a variable displacement compressor, a predetermined space is formed between a holder and a small-diameter portion of a second plunger inserted into the holder, so that it is possible to reduce an attractive force acting in the radial direction of the second plunger during energization of a solenoid. On the other hand, opposed surfaces and 41a axially opposed to each other are formed on a large-diameter portion of the second plunger and the holder, respectively, and when the solenoid is energized, a magnetic circuit is formed via the opposed surfaces. This arrangement makes it possible to increase an attractive force in the operating direction of the second plunger.

Abstract: A thermal ink ribbon has a base sheet, a thermal recording layer arranged on one side of the base sheet, and a back layer arranged on an opposite side of the base sheet. The back layer according to the present invention comprises a polyurethane resin which is obtained by reacting a low molecular weight polymer having at least one active-hydrogen-containing group at one end of the molecule, a compound having at least one active-hydrogen group and at least one hydrophilic group except a hydroxide group, with a polyisocyanate. The back layer is excellent in the adhesiveness to a base sheet, the heat resistance relative to a thermal head and slipperiness to a thermal head; and the ink ribbon with such a back layer has no problems in printed characters and figures on printing, in the migration of impurities from the back layer into an ink layer, in smeariness of a thermal head and in its maintenance.

Abstract: It is determined whether a quilt design is applicable to paper piecing by determining whether all pieces of the quilt design are finally separated by separating each piece one after another by one straight demarcation line. When it is determined that the quilt design is applicable to paper piecing, demarcation lines that do not intersect other demarcation lines and that divide the quilt design into two blocks that each include a plurality of the pieces are selected. The quilt design is modified by extending the arbitrarily selected demarcation line, and deleting all demarcation lines that exist in one of blocks divided by the extended demarcation line.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic resin containing tertiary amino groups in a molecule thereof or a hydrophilic resin containing tertiary amino groups and polysiloxane segments in a molecule thereof. A coating formulation suitable in use for the production of the ink-jet recording sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an editing device for patch work pieces. In the editing device, an operator edits all patch work pieces that make up a patch work piece product on a display device. The operator edits the figure and the pattern of the patch work pieces on the display device and instructs a fabric printer to print out the edited patch work pieces directly on a cloth or a fabric. As a result, the operator can easily obtain actual patch work pieces the same as the edited patch work pieces shown on the display device without using paper patterns.

Abstract: A CPU selects a line segment, whose both endpoints constructing a part of a quilt design are on a periphery, and then selects a line segment, which separates a piece from the quilt design on a piece-by-piece basis so that the separated piece will not have a line segment to become a separation line, from the selected line segments, after separation. When the line segment can be selected, a piece is separated from the quilt design at the selected line segment on a piece-by-piece basis. Then, the CPU determines that the quilt design, whose one piece has been separated, is the object to be determined, and separates pieces from the quilt design on a piece-by-piece basis. When all line segments are used for the separation, an applicability determination flag is set, because all pieces in the quilt design are separated into pieces on the piece-by-piece basis.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane resin, hydrophilic polyurea resin, hydrophilic polyurethane-polyurea resin or hydrophilic polyamide resin having siloxane segments in a molecule thereof. As an alternative, the ink-receiving layer comprises a porous hydrophilic polyurethane resin, a porous hydrophilic polyurea resin or a porous hydrophilic polyurethane-polyurea resin.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic resin containing tertiary amino groups in a molecule thereof or a hydrophilic resin containing tertiary amino groups and polysiloxane segments in a molecule thereof. A coating formulation suitable in use for the production of the ink-jet recording sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic resin containing hydrolyzable silyl groups in a molecule thereof, a hydrophilic resin containing hydrolyzable silyl groups and tertiary amino groups in a molecule thereof, or a hydrophilic resin containing hydrolyzable silyl groups, tertiary amino groups and polysiloxane segments in a molecule thereof. A coating formulation suitable in use for the production of the ink-jet recording sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus capable of reducing the start noise of the compressor comprises a compressor 1, a condenser 2, a capillary tube 4, and an evaporator 6, serially connected by piping to form a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a solenoid valve 3 installed between the outlet of the condenser 2 and the capillary tube 4 and a control unit C controlling the compressor 1 and the solenoid valve 3. The control unit opens and closes the solenoid valve 3 in response to the operation and stop of the compressor 1 and in particular closes the solenoid valve 3 before the compressor 1 stops.